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PhD dissertation on CORE's Target City project
This is CORE member Louis C. Goldberg's PhD dissertation, "CORE IN TROUBLE: A SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL DILEMMAS OF THE CONGRESS OF RACIAL EQUALITY TARGET CITY PROJECT IN BALTIMORE".
It was done while he was a student at John Hopkins…
It was done while he was a student at John Hopkins…
article on Los Angeles CORE
This is a 2022 article on Los Angeles CORE by Dr. M. Keith Claybrook, Jr. focusing on its efforts to de-segregate housing.
Journal paper "The Congress of Racial Equality and Its Strategy" by Marv Rich
This is a copy of the 1965 journal article "The Congress of Racial Equality and Its Strategy" by Marv Rich, CORE's community relations director and CORE's second in command. It was originally published in The ANNALS of the American Academy of…
1967 film clip of CORE associate director Dr. George Wiley and Dick Gregory
This is film footage of CORE associate director Dr. George Wiley as the head of the National Welfare Rights Organization (NWRO) with comedian/activist Dick Gregory. The footage is from the 1967 documentary "Welfare Revolt".
1967 film clip of CORE associate director Dr. George Wiley
This is film footage of CORE associate director Dr. George Wiley as head of the National Welfare Rights Organization (NWRO). The footage is from the 1967 documentary "Welfare Revolt".
photo of Dave Dennis and Julia Aaron, New Orleans CORE, as Freedom Riders
This is a well known photo of New Orleans CORE members Dave Dennis and Julia Aaron as Freedom Riders. In it they are on their way from Montgomery, Alabama to Jackson, Mississippi.
photo of New Orleans CORE chairman Rudy Lombard
This is a 1960 photo of New Orleans CORE chairman Rudy Lombard outside of a Woolworth's store on Canal Street in New Orleans during CORE's demonstrations against the department store chain. After he was arrested, his case went all the way to the…
Rhonda Y. Williams essay on CORE's Target City project - "The Pursuit of Audacious Power Rebel Reformers and Neighborhood Politics in Baltimore, 1966-1968"
This is Rhonda Y. Williams' essay on CORE's Target City project - "The Pursuit of Audacious Power Rebel Reformers and Neighborhood Politics in Baltimore, 1966-1968". It is taken from the collection "Neighborhood Rebels: Black Power at the Local…
photo of Target City director Walter Brooks, Baltimore CORE member Danny Gant with CORE leader Herb Callender
This is a photo of the director of Target City in Baltimore Walter Brooks (center, Black male, cigarette) and Baltimore CORE member Danny Gant (center, Black male, bald head). Gant and Brooks were both heads of CORE's Target City project at different…
film clip of CORE program director Gordon Carey
This is a film clip of CORE's program director Gordon Carey from the documentary "Freedom Riders".