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photo of Ossie Davis at Brooklyn CORE protest
This is a photo of well known actor Ossie Davis participating in Brooklyn CORE's week long sit in at the Board of Education in 1962.
Davis, who…
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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…
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…
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…