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This is a photo of CORE field secretary Joyce Ware. At the time she was 23 years old. She also worked in the North East Regional Office located in Harlem.

This is a photo of Bronx CORE member Judith Jones, a former chairman of the chapter's of the division.
In 1981, she unsuccessfully ran for Mayor of New York City on the Free Libertarian Party ticket, the New York affiliate of the Libertarian…

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 photo of Long Island chairman Lamar Cox. He was chairman in 1969.

This is a photo of Brooklyn CORE member Larry Cumberbatch as a 19 years old college student.

According to Cumberbatch, he joined when he was 16 years old and was arrested during his first demonstration at SUNY Downstate Medical Center. He has…

This is a photo of Brooklyn CORE member Lawrence Cumberbatch. It highlights the fact that he became a successful lawyer still living in Brooklyn.

He received his J.D. from NYU Law School where he was also president of the Black Law Students…

This is a 1944 of Long Island chairman Lincoln Lynch as a machine gunner in Great Britain's Royal Air Force.

from www.movinghere.org.uk:
'Sgt LO Lynch from Jamaica, winner of the Air Gunner's Trophy for 1944 standing by the rear gun turret of a…

This is a photo of Long Island CORE Lincoln Lynch during his time in Great Britain's Royal Air Force. Originally from a Jamaica, he served during World War II and achieved the rank of sergeant. He was in the RAF for ten years before he finally…

This is a photo of 7 Arts member Lloyd Richards. Both he and his wife Barbara were among the founding members of 7 Arts CORE.

Richards, as the director of the original 1959 production of "Raisin in the Sun" , was the first Black to direct…

This is a photo of Queens CORE chairman Lon de Leon. The approximate date of the photo is 1966 when he served as chair.
A professional entertainer who went by the name of 'Sir Lon De Leon', he was a local celebrity whose record, 'The Bicycle Hop',…