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This is a July 7, 1963 night time photo of Bronx CORE's White Castle demonstration.

By the time this photo was taken, several 'scuffles' had already taken place. The crowd of spectators and counter protesters had grown to more than a thousand.

This is a photo of CORE's pin from its 1964 World's Fair demonstrations.

This is a 1965 photo of NYU CORE demonstrating on campus. The chapter was protesting the NYU’s association with the First National City Bank which had been accused of practices which supported segregation in the South.

The photo is of the front…

This is the arrest photo for Brooklyn CORE member Al Gordon as a Freedom Rider. He also participated in the Route 40 Freedom Rides.

A Holocaust survivor, he was working as a history teacher in a Brooklyn public school at the time of his arrest.…

This is a 1961 photo of Brooklyn CORE. Standing is Arnold Goldwag. To his right sitting is Rioghan Kirchner. The Black male sitting on the right side of the photo is Brooklyn CORE's chairman, Dr. Robert Palmer.

This is a 1962 photo of the Bibulds and other Brooklyn CORE members sitting in at the Board of Education. The sit-in lasted a week.

This is a photo of a Long Island CORE member being arrested for his part in the chapter's July 4, 1963 demonstration at Jones Beach. The chapter was protesting in order to gain jobs for Blacks and Puerto Ricans in the Long Island State Park…

This is a photo of Long Island CORE members demonstrating in front of the parking lot of Jones Beach Park on July 4, 1963.
They were protesting in order to gain jobs for Black sand Puerto Ricans Negroes and Puerto Ricans with the Long Island State…

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