doi:10.7916/d8-bky3-9092Oral history interview with Elaine Bibuld, 2000Bibuld, Elaineoral historiesmixed materialCivil rights movements--History--20th century.--United StatesDiscrimination in education--New York (State)Segregation in education--United StatesUnited States Race relations 20th centuryBibuld, ElaineDu Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963Davis, Benjamin J. (Benjamin Jefferson), 1903-1964Congress of Racial Equality. Brooklyn ChapterBibuld discusses her early life and familial history; how she met Jerome Bibuld, her first husband; and why she joined the Brooklyn chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). Bibuld talks about her teenage volunteer work for the Ben (Benjamin J.) Davis Jr. campaign in Harlem and her work as a receptionist for W.E.B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois. She discusses various CORE projects and actions, citing the Operation Clean Sweep of Gates Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Bibuld describes her struggle with the Board of Education after watching her children suffer through a poor education at a segregated school following the fire that caused the family to move to a new neighborhood. She discusses the following legal case and its implications for her family and others. She recalls the threats she and her family received, including one from the Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan. Bibuld also discusses her ten-day stay in the Women's House of Detention. She concludes by talking about her reunions with other members of Brooklyn CORE