Items

Explore individual items gathered for collections and exhibits centered around particular themes, people, places, or events.

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  Group of C.O.R.E. demonstrators stage a civil rights sit-in at police headquarters
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  C.O.R.E. Picketing George Wallace in front of the Chase Hotel
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  Members of CORE from New York sitting on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial

  Black and white image shows members of CORE from New York sitting on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial with members of the military standing behind them. One member of CORE is holding a sign that reads, "We walked from New York City for Freedom CORE."
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  Martin Luther King Jr. at a C.O.R.E. convention.

  Horizontal, black and white image showing Dr. King on the far right in the process of writing on a small piece of paper, possibly signing an autograph. To his left are two unidentified men posing for a picture. There is a Congress Of Racial Equality banner overhead in the background.
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  CORE picket for jobs on the Gateway Arch project at the Old Courthouse
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  C.O.R.E. [Congress On Racial Equality] demonstrators demanding equal opportunity employment in front of Jefferson Bank
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  Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
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  CORE Emblem

  This is a photo of CORE's emblem.