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A brief history of Maryland Freedom Union - its creation and activities with CORE.

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Newsletter outlining CORENCO/CORE efforts to partner with Warner & Swasey to bring manufacturing into the black community.

CORENCO Full Proposal.pdf
A proposal drafted by CORE to create the basis for a national community development corporation.

CORENCO news articles.pdf
The memorandum from Philip Carter to Will Ussery addresses the Leland Schubert contribution and notes that the Cleveland TCP will serve as a clearinghouse for all research on economic development. The second item is a memo from Jack Olive (a…

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This document outlines the basis for CORE's request to take black power to its next phase. The document was written by Antoine Perot and edited by Ruth (Turner) Perot

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Second draft proposal submitted by Antoine Perot and Dan Deweese. The youth leadership training funding proposal was a project by CORE designed to move from Baltimore Target City to a national program.

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A similar community development corporation emerged in Michigan. The CDC ran businesses which employed local community people. The CDC also worked on housing access for low income residents.

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Newspaper articles discuss income inequality and economic discrimination. Some discussion of Cleveland Target City Project and Ford Foundation assistance.

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Various documents which discuss both Cleveland and the Baltimore Target City Project. Memorandums and articles summarize youth programs, leadership training, job training, voter registration, and other TCP activities.

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Kelso's film on Second Income is broken down here into individual images. The full film is available under the audio/visual section of this website. An album also accompanies the film. Workshop leaders play the album and film together.