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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…

A photo of Rights and Reviews cover (winter 1965 issue), Harlem CORE's in house journal, edited by Doris Innis.

This pdf. document contains xeroxed copies of the table of contents page from each of the Rights and Reviews magazines (5 total). This could give future scholars some idea of who was working on and for the magazine. The titles of the essays also…

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 is a copy of a letter from Harlem CORE chairman Gladys Harrington to President John F. Kennedy protesting the treatment of southern civil rights workers, 1961. This comes from the Department of Justice files.

This is a xeroxed photo of Jerome Smith, Harlem CORE chairman (1969-1970) and vice-chairman under Victor Solomon. He was born and raised in Harlem.
Along with Harlem CORE member Donald Elfe, he was also one of the leaders and founders of Central…

This is a film clip of Harlem CORE chairman Roy Innis in 1969 addressing a banker's industry conference in Hawaii. He, former Harlem CORE members and Jerome Smith, (Harlem CORE chairman 1969-1970), surprised everyone by demanding $6 billion dollars…

This is a photo of New York CORE member Eva Kerr (looking up) and Mayor Wagner (in hat) at the 1963 City Hall protests. She led the group of protesters who sat in at City Hall overnight.
In the photo, she is sitting next to another New York CORE…

This is a photo of Velma Hill, New York CORE member, leader in the City Hall protests of 1963 and the city wide school boycotts of 1964. She is married to Norman Hill National CORE leader.

According to David Evanier, "Velma Hill earned her M.E.D.…

This is a photo of Harlem CORE member Wendell Rachell (approx. 1966-71) sitting in his bedroom, Lower East Side (NYC), in the early 1970's.
After leaving Harlem CORE, he became an activist on the Lower East Side. He and another Harlem CORE member…