photo of Billy Geller, Long Island CORE

photo of Billy Geller, Long Island CORE

Long Island CORE member

This is a photo of Long Island CORE member Billy Geller. In the photo he is a freshman at Dartmouth College in 1967. At Dartmouth, he became a member of SDS but lived with members of the school’s Afro-American Society. He was also arrested for sitting in at a military recruitment center in 1969. Tragically, he died from a heroin overdose in 1970. He had just turned 21.

Newsday

Newsday

4/24/1971