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audio clip of New Orleans chairman Jerome Smith
This is an audio clip of New Orleans CORE chairman Jerome Smith talking about an incident form his childhood growing up in segregation that influenced his eventually becoming a civil rights activist.
1963 photo of CORE demonstration at Liberty Bell in Philadelphia
"Congress of Racial Equality members sit at the base of the Liberty Bell in Independence Hall in Philadelphia on Saturday, Sept. 21, 1963. They were demonstrating against racial prejudice in Alabama and the bombing of a church in Birmingham where…
debate between CORE field secretary Evie Rich and Malcolm X
This is a 1961 debate between CORE field secretary Evie Rich and Malcolm X on Philadelphia's WCAU radio. It is the classic integrationist vs. nationalist debate.
While Evie Rich did a good job in representing the CORE position, Malcolm X beat…
While Evie Rich did a good job in representing the CORE position, Malcolm X beat…
audio of Philadelphia CORE chairman Louis Smith and Malcolm X
This is a rare radio interview featuring Philadelphia CORE chairman Louis Smith, Malcolm X, and the Rev. Renny Morgan of the First Refuge Baptist Church in Camden, New Jersey. The exact year is unknown but it is safe to say it would be from the…
1963 film clip of a St. Louis CORE demonstration
This is a 1963 film clip of St. Louis CORE in action from the documentary "White Northeners Confronted With Negroes". The issue was employment, specifically getting Blacks hired at local banks. It is an excellent clip because it gives a real sense of…
photo of demonstration at 1964 CORE national convention (3)
"Members of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), in Kansas City on July 3, 1964 for a national convention, crowd into the Hotel Muehlebach barber shop just after word was received of President Lyndon B. Johnson's signing the Civil Rights Bill. One…
photo of demonstration at 1964 CORE national convention (2)
" Members of the Congress of Racial Equality (C.O.R.E.) form a hand-clasping circle to sing songs in the lobby of the Hotel Muehlebach. The organization is in convention at Kansas City on July 2, 1964. The group formed in the lobby after a sit-in in…
photo of Eugene Young at 1963 CORE national conference
"Eugene Young, 13, Jackson, Miss., displays a copy of the Congressional Record in which testimony he gave about police brutality in Jackson is recorded. Gene is in Kansas City on July 3, 1964 attending the convention of the Congress of Racial…
photo of demonstration at 1964 CORE national conference (1)
"Members of the Congress of Racial Equality (C.O.R.E.), in a sit-in at the Hotel Muehlebach barber shop occupy all chairs on July 2, 1964 in Kansas City. Just after President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Bill in Washington, a C.O.R.E. member asked…
1966 photo of Robert Lucas, Chicago CORE chairman (3)
"Robert Lucas, leader of civil rights march, at center next to man in suit, walks arm in arm with woman and other followers on Sept. 4, 1966 during march into Cicero, Ill.,an all-white west-of-Chicago suburban community. Lucas is Chicago chairman of…