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Black NewArk (V 1, No 5 April 1972)
Volume 1, Number 5 of Black NewArk, the local newspaper of the Committee For Unified Newark (CFUN), published in April 1972. Black NewArk was one of several media outlets developed by Amiri Baraka to promote Black cultural nationalism in Newark and the nation. — Credit: NYU Tamiment Library
Mayor Ken Gibson Drives a Bulldozer
Mayor Gibson poses for a photo on a bulldozer with construction workers. –Credit: Newark Public Library
Ken Gibson, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Harry Belafonte (June 15, 1970)
Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer (left), Ken Gibson (center), and Harry Belafonte (right), march side-by-side down Broad Street on June 15, 1970, to promote Gibson’s mayoral campaign. Gibson won the run-off election the next day, becoming Newark’s first African American Mayor. –Credit: UPI Telephoto
Mayor Ken Gibson and Harry Wheeler at a Meeting
Harry Wheeler (right) speaks at a meeting while Mayor Ken Gibson (left) listens in. Under the Gibson administration, Wheeler was appointed Director of Manpower, a job training program, and often served as the Mayor’s representative at speaking events. –Credit: Roberta Pfeifer/Newark Public Library
Essex Democratic Assemblymen Talk Outside the Assembly Chambers (1972)
George Richardson (left) chats with Essex County Democratic Assemblymen and Mayor Ken Gibson (second from right) outside the assembly chambers in 1972. –Credit: Newark Public Library
William Payne, Larrie West Stalks, and Ken Gibson
Photograph of William Payne, an unidentified man, Larrie West Stalks, and Ken Gibson in the 1970s. (Newark Public Library)
Harry Wheeler, Larrie West Stalks, and Ken Gibson
Photograph taken at the New Jersey State Opera of Harry Wheeler, Larrie West Stalks, and Mayor Ken Gibson in the 1970s. (Newark Public Library)
Transcript of Fred Means Statement to Newark Human Rights Commission Hearing on Police Advisory Review Board (July 13, 1965)
Transcript of statements made by Newark-Essex CORE Chairman Fred Means before hearings of the Newark Human Rights Commission in July, 1965. The Commission held public hearings about a possible police advisory review board after Lester Long, an unarmed Black man, was fatally shot by Newark Policeman Henry Martinez. -Credit: City of Newark Archives and Records Management Center
Portrait of Junius Williams
Portrait of Junius Williams taken by Newark photographer Al Henderson in 1982. The portrait was taken for Williams’ mayoral campaign that year. -Credit: Newark Public Library
