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

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 day photo of Bronx CORE's White Castle demonstration on July 13, 1963.

Police officers stand between the demonstrators and the White Castle restaurant due to outbreaks of violence that had taken place previously over the course of the…

This is a photo of Arnie Goldwag (center, sitting, White male) and other members of Brooklyn CORE demonstrating at Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York on July 30, 1963. The demonstration was against racial discrimination in the…

This is the cover to Bob Dylan's second album, 'The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan'. Next to Dylan is CORE member Suze Rotolo who regularly worked out of the national CORE office.
According to legend, Rotolo was not just his girlfriend at the time but his…

This is a photo of CORE benefit for 1963 March on Washington. All here are currently unidentified.

The photo speaks to CORE's use of social functions as fundraising tools.

This is a photo of CORE member Professor Ed Lewinson (center) walking with his seeing eye dog. Dubbed 'the man who can't see race' because he was blind, he was first a member of New York CORE. He left the chapter not long after it moved to Harlem…

This is a photo of the subway stall-in which was part of the World's Fair Stall-In carried out by Harlem CORE, Brooklyn CORE and Bronx CORE on April 22, 1964.

The CORE members here are currently unidentified. One is shown laying on the platform…