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This is a 2010 photo of New York CORE member Owen Cahill. He joined because he thought it his duty as a Catholic. As an active member, he participated in the Route 40 Freedom Rides and Freedom Highways project and the 1964 school boycotts. He left…

This is a 1972 photo of Harlem CORE member Tony Spencer. He is also the son of Harlem CORE chairman Gladys Harrington. This is information that I did not find anywhere in the records or documentation of New York CORE or Harlem CORE. It came about…

This is a photo of two CORE founders, George Houser (standing right in beige jacket, goatee) and James Robinson (standing left, red cap).

Both have much in common in terms of their long and dedicated histories as activists. Both men also served…

This is a photo of Harlem CORE chairmen Cyril Boynes, Jr. (center, mutton chops) and George Holmes (far left) being arrested in 1984 with one time United States Presidential candidate Rev. Al Sharpton (right). They were protesting the newly increased…

This is the 1961 arrest photo for Percy Sutton as a Freedom Rider in Jackson, Mississippi. At the time, he was 40 years old.
When New York CORE first came to 125th street at the end of 1961, they shared their office floor with the New York chapter…

This is a photo of New York CORE member, Ruth Moskowitz, as a New York State Supreme Court in Brooklyn. Her father was city councilman Julius Moskowitz.
Well known for sticking up for 'the little people' against even the most powerful including…

This is the 1961 arrest photo for New York CORE member Ruth Moskowitz as a Freedom Rider in Jackson, Mississippi. At the time, she was 25 years old.

Originally from Brooklyn, she first joined CORE as a Freedom Rider and served a few weeks in…

This is the 1961 arrest photo for New York CORE Mary Hamilton as a Freedom Rider in Jackson, Mississippi. At the time, she was 25 years old.

A Black woman, she would joke that she was 'light enough to pass' in her oral history interview when…

This is the 1961 arrest photo for CORE founder James Farmer, PhD, as a Freedom Rider in Jackson, Mississippi. At the time, he was the National Director for CORE and 41 years old.
CORE was the original sponsor of the Freedom RIdes, an evolution…

This is a photo of James Farmer, one of the founding members of CORE and its National Director from 1961-1966. He is considered along with Dr. Martin Luther King, Whitney Young, Roy Wilkins and John Lewis one of the principal leaders of the Civil…