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This is a photo of former New York CORE chairmen James Robinson(White man, glasses and picket sign) and Darwin Bolden (Black man, pork pie hat). Harlem CORE was originally referred to as New York CORE when the chapter was located on 42nd.…

This is a July 10, 1963 photo of Brooklyn CORE member MIneral Bramletter being arrested at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center demonstration. Brooklyn CORE initiated this demonstration as part of a city wide CORE campaign protesting the lack of…

This is a 1960 photo of New York CORE member Genevieve Hughes. She led the dime store boycott committee for the chapter during CORE's 1960 Woolworth's campaign.
A former financial analyst, she left Wall Street and went on to work full time as…

This is a photo of a Long Island CORE housing demonstration.

The CORE members here are currently unidentified.

This is a photo of Queens CORE chairman Dr. George Kaufman. He married Elayne Jones (also a Queens CORE member) and lived in St. Albans. His "Orthodox Jewish parents sat shivah -- the traditional seven-day mourning ritual -- when they learned their…

This is a 1964 photo of (left to right) Queens CORE chairman George Kaufman, Bronx CORE chairman Herb Callender and Brooklyn CORE chairman Isiah Brunson taken right before the World's Fair Stall-In. All three chapters, along with Harlem CORE,…

This is a photo of Queens CORE member Elayne Jones, wife of Queens CORE chairman Dr. George Kaufman. At the time, Jones was a professional musician. She is considered the 'first African American to hold a principal position with a major symphony…

This is a 1945 photo of Queens CORE member Elayne Jones (piano, playing) with Duke Ellington (piano, standing).
Born and raised in Harlem, she won the prestigious Ellington Scholarship while attending the Juilliard School of Music.
A noted…

This is a 1963 photo of Queens College CORE members Leonard Hausman (steering wheel), Stan Shaw (White male), Rosalind Andrews (White female) and Carolyn Hubbard (Black female). Both Shaw and Hubbard were chairmen different times.
In the photo,…

This is a May 5, 1964 photo of Queens College CORE chairmen Mike Wenger (right) and Stan Shaw (center). In the photo, they are receiving the Human Relation Award from B'nai Brith, the oldest Jewish service organization in the world.
Queens…