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This is a photo of Harlem CORE member Quincy Boykin.

A Vietnam Vet, he received his B.A. in history from Lehman College/CUNY. He also served as the Vice Chairman of the Manhattan chapter of the New York Black Political Assembly, an outgrowth of…

This is a photo of Harlem CORE members Quincy Boykin, 'the big man' (left), Ron Shane (center) with Harlem CORE chairman Jerome Smith, early 1970's. They were all nationalists.

This is a 1976 campaign ad for Harlem CORE member Waverly Howard.
The Harlem born and raised Howard was an associate member of the the chapter when it was still an integrationist organization. Here, he serves as an example of the Harlem CORE…

This is a film clip of I.S. 201, both inside and outside the school. Protesters are also shown demonstrating out front.

What is interesting to me about this clip is that it shows there are still a good number of White people that are part of CORE in 1965. White members had been leaving the organization in large numbers as the attitude of Blacks in the organization was…

This clip shows that in 1965, CORE can still marshall enough forces to fill the streets for a protest march in New York City. Notice the many signs that feature the CORE logo (black and white circle stating 'Freedom Now").

This is a film clip of a New York City demonstration in support of the marchers who were brutalized on the historic march from Selma to Montgomery in Alabama. The first of the demonstrations in Selma was known as 'Bloody Sunday'. This is seen by many…

This is a photo of Clarence Funnye, New York CORE chairman from 1964 to 1965. He is also the brother of Harlem CORE member Doris Innis (aka Doris Funnye) and brother in law to Harlem CORE chairman Roy Innis.
Like his sister, Clarence was a member…

This is a 1964 letter from former CORE national chairman, Charles Oldham, to James Farmer, CORE's National Director, suggesting New York CORE be penalized for its dissent in supporting Brooklyn CORE's Stall-In campaign at that year's World's Fair in…

This is a group photo of several New York CORE members taken at an event supporting the demonstration at the 1964 World's Fair. Ronald Stark, one of the editors of the chapter's in-house journal 'Rights and Reviews', is the White male on the right…