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1969 video clip of East River CORE head Blyden Jackson
This is a 1969 panel discussion with East River CORE head Blyden Jackson (far left, afro, dashiki) on South Africa, straight from PBS' show "Black Journal". At the time he was working for an organization started by CORE founder George Houser, the…
court papers for Ray Wood and the Statue of Liberty case
These are court papers for the appeal of the defendants in the 1965 Statue of Liberty case in which it was alleged undercover police officer Ray Wood was the one responsible for coming up with the idea to bomb the State of Liberty, not the…
"Incognegro II" : article on Ray Wood and CORE
This is the second "Incognegro" article which explores the actions of Ray Wood, an undercover police agent that infiltrated Bronx CORE and other NYC CORE chapters under orders of the Bureau of Special Services (BOSS/BOSSI), a branch of the New York…
"Incognegro" : article on Ray Wood and CORE
This is the first "Incognegro" article which explores the actions of Ray Wood, an undercover police agent that infiltrated Bronx CORE and other NYC CORE chapters under orders of the Bureau of Special Services (BOSS/BOSSI), a branch of the New York…
photo of East River CORE chairman Omar Abu Ahmed with Gloria Richardson at 2nd National Black Power Conference
This is a July 22, 1967 photo of East River CORE chairman Omar Abu Ahmed (white shirt, bald head) seated next to Gloria Richardson, leader of the Cambridge movement, at the 2nd National Black Power Conference in Newark, New Jersey.
Ahmed, one of…
Ahmed, one of…
article on CORE undercover police agent Ray Wood and assassination of Malcolm X
This is an explosive article which places undercover NYPD police officer Ray Wood at the assassination of Malcolm X. It also suggests an answer to one of the great mysteries surrounding the event - the identity of the second man who was arrested at…
1974 WNYC interview with Blyden Jackson
This is an May 5, 1974 WNYC radio interview of Blyden Jackson as the author of ‘Operation Burning Candle’.
book cover and reviews for 'Operation Burning Candle' by Blyden Jackson, East River CORE
This is one of the cover illustrations for Operation Burning Candle, a novel written by East River CORE member Blyden Jackson.
In the 1973 novel originally published by Third Press, a black Vietnam Vet organizes other such vets into an…
In the 1973 novel originally published by Third Press, a black Vietnam Vet organizes other such vets into an…
photo of Stuart Wechsler, CCNY + East River CORE
This is a photo of CORE member Stuart Wechsler taken when he worked as part of the Target City project in Baltimore, Maryland.
Originally a member a CCNY CORE, he joined New York CORE with Terry Perlman and Pat Saunders and was part of the group…
Originally a member a CCNY CORE, he joined New York CORE with Terry Perlman and Pat Saunders and was part of the group…
1961 arrest photo for Elizabeth Adler as Freedom Rider
This is the arrest photo for CORE member Elizabeth Adler as a Freedom Rider. She went on to become a member of New York CORE and a founding member of East River CORE. She is one of the seven arrested at East River CORE's Triborough Bridge sit in.