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This is a September 15, 1962 photo of Brooklyn CORE members dumping trash on the steps of Brooklyn's Borough Hall as part of the chapter's Operation Cleansweep. The Brooklyn CORE in the photo are currently unidentified.

This is a September 15, 1962 photo of the garbage dumped on the front steps of Brooklyn's Borough Hall by Brooklyn CORE.

This is a photo of a Long Island CORE member demonstrating on a picket line. Her identity is unknown at this time.

This is a photo of Lincoln Lynch being arrested at the duck farm protest in Riverhead in 1964.

Brooklyn CORE members

This is a 1962 photo of Brooklyn CORE members Rioghan Kirchner (White) and Dr. Barbara Wallace (Black) being arrested at the Ebingers Bakery demonstration.

Wallace also participated in the Route 40 Freedom Rides.

This is a 1962 photo of Brooklyn CORE member Barbara Weeks. In it, she is being carried away by a police officer after practicing the 'go limp' technique during the campaign against Ebinger's Bakery.

According to Dr. Brian Purnell, she was also…

This is a 1962 photo of Brooklyn CORE demonstrating at the White House in Washington, D.C.

The chapter along with approximately 150 other CORE members from the eastern seaboard picketed for 24 hours between September 22 and 23 in support of…

This is a photo of an unknown demonstrator at Brooklyn CORE's September 1962 demonstration at the White House in Washington, D.C.