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This is a 1965 photo of Lula Farmer (center) with her husband James Farmer, founding member of CORE and its national director at the time. Their daughter, Abbey, is seated to the left.

Both Lula and James farmer were members of New York CORE…

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…