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Newark-A City in Transition_Vol 3_Summary and Rec
A 1959 report from the Mayor’s Commission on Group Relations on “group relations” in Newark. Policing was a commonly discussed issue among the city’s Black residents. –Credit: Newark Public Library
Police Attend to Injured Officer
“Newark, NJ: Injured patrolman Joseph Strumule lies on the ground and receives aid from two unidentified fellow patrolmen after being struck by a stone on Springfield Avenue here during early morning disorders July 14th.” — Credit: UPI Telephoto/Newark Public Library
Newark Police Guard a Looted Liquor Store
“Newark, NJ: Policemen stand beside the broken window of a liquor store on Belmont Avenue after outbreak of violence in Newark early July 13th. Negroes enraged by the alleged beating of a cab driver by police besieged a station house and touched off a wave of window-smashing and looting. Trash can (right) was used to break this store window.” — Credit: UPI Photo
Advance Newspaper (Jan 6, 1966)
Issue of the African-American newspaper, Advance, from January 6, 1966. The issue contains coverage of demands made by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) for the dismissal of Police Director Dominick Spina. CORE demanded Spina’s ouster in a meeting with Mayor Addonizio after a Black teenager, Walter Mathis, was fatally shot by Newark police. This issue also details several high-profile cases of police brutality from 1962-1966, a period in which Newark’s Black and Puerto Rican communities continuously advocated for police reform and accountability to no avail from City Hall. — Credit: Newark Public Library
Kawaida Towers and the Road to the NewArk
Brief article written around 1974 by a member of the Committee For Unified Newark providing an overview and analysis of the struggle to build Kawaida Towers. The article explains the political significance of the development of Kawaida Towers for CFUN and CAP’s larger vision of community development and political power. — Credit: The Black Power Movement, Pt. 1 (microfilm)
Flyer to Support Kawaida Bail Fund (1974)
Flyer from 1974, urging support for the Kawaida Bail Fund, used to bail out members of the Committee For Unified Newark and Congress of Afrikan People. Amiri Baraka’s cultural nationalist organizations were the target of intense scrutiny and repression from the Newark Police Department, leading to several instances of police intimidation and violence. — Credit: Newark Public Library
Unity and Struggle (V 3, No 2 February-March 1974)
Volume 3, Number 2 of Unity and Struggle, the national newspaper of the Congress of Afrikan People (CAP), published in February-March 1974. Unity and Struggle was one of several media outlets developed by Amiri Baraka to promote Black cultural nationalism in Newark and the nation. This was the first edition of the national newspaper, after replacing the local Black NewArk. — Credit: NYU Tamiment Library
Tedock Bell- Grand Jury Report
Grand Jury report describing the fatal shooting of 28-year-old Tedock Bell on July 14, 1967, who was “shot by an unidentified Newark police officer who had called him to halt.” The Grand Jury found “no cause for indictment.” –Credit: Newark Public Library
