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This is a photo of East River CORE member Karin Berg. In 1963, when Harlem CORE member Blyden Jackson lost to Marshall England in the election for Harlem CORE chairman, he and other Harlem CORE members split and formed their own CORE chapter, East…

This is a July 1964 film clip of East River CORE demonstration against police brutality in Harlem.

This is a 1962 newspaper photo of East River CORE chairman Blyden Jackson, with his wife at the time, Carmel Jackson. At the time the photo was taken he was the chairman of the New Haven, CT chapter of CORE. He also participated in the Route 40…

A short video clip of Susan Brownmiller, instructor in the Gallatin Program at NYU. As a member of New York CORE, she led one of the first picket lines in the campaign against Woolworth's in 1960.
I use her here as an example of what CORE…

This is a photo of Gladys Harrington and James Peck under the Statue of Liberty, taken during New York CORE's 'Fast For Freedom' protests in support of the southern Woolworth's boycotts. Gladys Harrington at the time was chairman of New York CORE.…

This is a 1960 photo of New York CORE chairman Gladys Harrington (Black female) with James Peck (White male) and Rioghan Kirchner (White female). It was taken at that summer's 'Fast for Freedom' at the Statue of Liberty in support of the Woolworth…

This is a video clip of James Farmer interviewed years later by the host of Open Mind about the original panel discussion. Farmer comments on how the movement eventually became a mix of the philosophies of civil rights groups and Malcolm X.
He also…

This is a film clip of James Farmer debating Malcolm X on the issue of Puerto ricans and the civil rights movement. It is from the PBS Program first broadcast June 12, 1963.
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This is the second film clip of James Farmer debating Malcolm X on the PBS program 'Open Mind' first broadcast June 12, 1963.
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This is a film clip of James Farmer debating Malcolm X on the PBS program 'Open Mind' first broadcast June 12, 1963.
Please be patient as this is slow to stream and is a large clip.
to see the whole program:…