Diner Picketed- CORE at Newark White Castle (Newark Evening News July 20, 1963)

Article from the Newark Evening News on July 20, 1963 covering demonstrations at the White Castle on Elizabeth Avenue led by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). CORE picketed at the diner to protest discrimination in hiring practices, as nearly all of the diner’s staff was white in a predominantly Black neighborhood. — Credit: Newark Public Library