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1978 articles by Jack Anderson on Roy Innis ordering beatings and shootings of CORE members
These are two articles written by investigative journalist Jack Anderson on the internal violence going on within the Congress of Racial Equality during the 1970's. They discuss how national director Roy Innis ordered several members of CORE to be…
article by historian Prof. Manning Marable on Roy Innis and CORE
This is a 1983 article written by the historian Prof. Manning Marable as a critical response to what was happening to the Congress of Racial Equality under its national director Roy Innis in the 1980's. Marable comments on CORE's involvement in the…
1963 surveillance photo of CORE demonstration for fair housing
This is a surveillance photo taken by the New York City Police Department (NYPD) of a 1963 CORE demonstration in downtown Manhattan. The activists are unknown. The photo appears to be at the crossroads of the New York City Archives and City Hall. It…
Brooklyn CORE member Les Campbell and the "Hey, Jew boy" poem
This is a film clip that it comes from the PBS documentary series "The Jewish Americans"... it has to do with Brooklyn CORE member Les Campbell from the Ocean Hill-Brownsville community control demonstrations and the "Hey, Jew boy" poem he read on…