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photo of Mickey Schwerner, Downtown CORE
This is a photo of Mickey Schwerner, founding member of Downtown CORE on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
He was also one of the three field workers killed in Philadelphia, Mississippi, by the Ku Klux Klan in the summer of 1964 for his civil…
He was also one of the three field workers killed in Philadelphia, Mississippi, by the Ku Klux Klan in the summer of 1964 for his civil…
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…