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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…

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 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.

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…