photo of Harlem CORE member Donald Elfe with Floyd McKissick, CORE's national director
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photo of Harlem CORE member Donald Elfe with Floyd McKissick, CORE's national director
Subject
Harlem CORE member
Description
This is a 1967 photo of Harlem CORE member Donald Elfe (center, dark suit) with Floyd McKissick (left, hand out stretched) , CORE's national director at the time. McKissick took over the position James Farmer initiating CORE's Black Power transformation. Elfe at the time was head of the commitee at Harlem CORE in charge of creating and the pushing their proposed legislation for the creation of an independent Harlem Board of Education.
The photo was taken at a Dec. 2, 1967 Black Power seminar sponsored by CORE. Panelists included Roy Innis, McKissick, and authors William Strickland, Keorapetse Kgositsile, Larry Neal and John Killens. The third man (right) in this photo is unknown.
The photo was taken at a Dec. 2, 1967 Black Power seminar sponsored by CORE. Panelists included Roy Innis, McKissick, and authors William Strickland, Keorapetse Kgositsile, Larry Neal and John Killens. The third man (right) in this photo is unknown.
Source
Rights and Reviews, vol. 4 no. 1
Publisher
Harlem CORE
Date
summer 1968
Format
image/jpeg
Type
image/jpeg
Coverage
harlem 1967
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Citation
"photo of Harlem CORE member Donald Elfe with Floyd McKissick, CORE's national director ," in Harlem CORE, Item #216, http://harlemcore.com/omeka/items/show/216 (accessed November 21, 2024).