Harlem CORE

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### 1961 arrest photo for Gloria Bouknight as Freedom Rider

This is the 1961 arrest photo for CORE member Gloria Bouknight as a Freedom Rider in Jackson, Mississippi. Originally from the South, she lived in New York after the rides and was roommates with Sheila Michaels.

Tags: civil rights movement , congress of racial equality , CORE , freedom riders , gloria bouknight , non-violent direct action

### New York CORE chairman Clarence Funnye with family and Genevieve Hughs

This is a photo of New York CORE chairman Clarence Funnye in the very early 1960's. He is pictured with his wife, son and Genevieve Hughes, one of the original Freedom Riders.
The photo is of a housing demonstration in the Clinton Hill section…

Tags: clarence funnye , freedom riders , harlem core , new york city , new york core

### 1961 arrest photo for New York CORE member Travis Britt as Freedom Rider

This is the 1961 arrest photo for New York CORE member Travis Britt as a Freedom Rider. He was one of the three principal investigators (along with Joanne Shane, who he was dating at the time) for the Freedom Highways project and participated in the…

Tags: arrests , civil rights movement , congress of racial equality , CORE , freedom highways , freedom riders , Freedom Rides , harlem core , route 40 freedom rides

### 1961 arrest photo for New York CORE member Mary Hamilton as Freedom Rider

This is the 1961 arrest photo for New York CORE Mary Hamilton as a Freedom Rider in Jackson, Mississippi. At the time, she was 25 years old.
A Black woman, she would joke that she was 'light enough to pass' in her oral history interview when…

Tags: arrests , congress of racial equality , CORE , freedom riders , Freedom Rides , harlem core , Mary Hamilton , route 40 freedom rides