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photo of Rita Schwerner, Downtown CORE
This is a photo of Rita Schwerner a founding member of Downtown CORE and the the wife of Mickey Schwerner. She also worked on the Mississppi Freedom Project.
Originally an English major at Queens College/CUNY, she went on to get a J.D. From…
Originally an English major at Queens College/CUNY, she went on to get a J.D. From…
photo of Russell Blackwell, Downtown CORE
This is a photo of Downtown CORE member Russell Blackwell.
One of the 'old lefties' that populated the Lower East Side at the time, he had been a communist and fought in the Spanish Civil War. He eventually became an anarchist and was one of the…
One of the 'old lefties' that populated the Lower East Side at the time, he had been a communist and fought in the Spanish Civil War. He eventually became an anarchist and was one of the…