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This is a xeroxed photo of Harlem CORE's day care center workers and children, presumably taken in the mid-late 1970's.

This is a photo of Harlem CORE member Ralph Poynter with his wife well known human rights attorney Lynne Stewart.

Like South Jamaica CORE's Herman Ferguson, Poynter when interviewed stated he was never a member of CORE in that he did not…

A photo of the CORE magazine cover from 1970. This was their national newsletter/magazine after Innis took power. James Farmer, Floyd McKissick and Innis, the Black national chairmen of CORE are shown here on red, black and green background, the…

A photo of Rights and Reviews cover (1967 issue), Harlem CORE's in house journal, edited by Doris Innis. This issue contains a piece by Annette Rubinstein who at the time was an NYU instructor. It also contains an essay on Harlem CORE's proposal…

A photo of Rights and Reviews cover (1966 issue), Harlem CORE's in house journal, edited by Doris Innis. This special issue is titled 'The Black Power Issue' and marks the beginning of the chapter becoming a Black nationalist group.

A photo of Rights and Reviews cover ( 1964 issue), New York CORE's in house journal, edited by Doris Funnye (aka Doris Innis). This issue contains a poem by Leroi Jones (aka Amiri Baraka) and an article by Doris' brother, Clarence Funnye, just…

A xeroxed photo of Roy Innis' son, Alexander Innis, and a poem he wrote at age 13. In 1972, members of Harlem CORE were arrested for assaulting two students from Alex 's high school who were believed to have attacked him.
He was tragically shot…

This pdf. document contains xeroxed copies of the table of contents page from each of the Rights and Reviews magazines (5 total). These pages demonstrate how Harlem CORE officials also worked as national CORE officials (or vice versa), sometimes…

This is a xeroxed photo of Phil Mann, Harlem CORE chairman (1975-77) taken from a 1971 issue of CORE magazine. The accompanying .pdf file contains his poetry published in the same issue.

This chart explains CORE's plan to create a Black Board of Education, an evolution of Harlem CORE's 1967 attempt to create an independent Board of Education for Harlem), as presented to and accepted by the 1972 National Black Political Convention.