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This is a 1967 photo of Long Beach CORE chairman James Graydon.

This is a 1969 photo of Long Beach CORE chairman James Graydon (Black). He is looking over a series of articles on poverty with a Newsday editor and a local poverty worker.

This is a 1969 photo of Long Beach CORE chairman Robert Gray. At the time he was 17 years old. He shared the chairmanship with James Graydon. He was also a leader of the Black Student Body at Long Beach High School, one of the many schools in Long…

This is a 1966 photo of Long Island CORE chairman Dan Hester. A long time member, he had served under chairmen Lincoln Lynch, Mel Jackson and Lamar Cox before becoming chairman himself in 1970. He remained chairman throughout the 1970's. At the time…

This is a photo of Lincoln Lynch being arrested at the duck farm protest in Riverhead in 1964.

This is a 1968 photo of Long Island CORE chairman Mel Jackson.

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

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

The CORE members here are currently unidentified.

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…