Irvine Turner 1954 Campaign Card
Campaign card distributed during Irvine I. Turner’s 1954 City Council campaign. Turner won race in the Central Ward to become Newark’s first African American City Councilman. — Credit: Newark Public Library
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Russell Bingham Transcript, Pt 1 (Nov 27, 1984)-ilovepdf-compressed
Transcript of an oral history interview with Russell Bingham, conducted by Komozi Woodard on November 27, 1984. –Credit: Komozi Woodard
Transcript of Komozi Woodard Interview with Honey Ward-ilovepdf-compressed
Transcript of an oral history interview of Eulis “Honey” Ward conducted by Komozi Woodard in 1986. Ward reflects on growing up in Newark, his involvement in city politics, and his experiences with struggles for Black liberation in the city. –Credit: Komozi Woodard
Honey Ward Discusses the Election of Irvine Turner in 1954-ilovepdf-compressed
Transcript of an interview with Eulis “Honey” Ward conducted by Komozi Woodard, in which Ward describes the election of Irvine Turner to Central Ward councilman in 1954. — Credit: Black Studies Research Sources, The Black Power Movement, Part 1
League of Women Voters Information on Municipal Election Candidates (May 11, 1954)-ilovepdf-compressed
Pamphlet distributed by the League of Women’s Voters of Newark containing information and profiles on candidates for the 1954 Municipal Election. The 1954 elections were the first to be held under Newark’s new mayor and council form of government and resulted in the election of Newark’s first African American elected official, Irvine I. Turner. — Credit: Newark Public Library
Compromise Talks Denied (June 8, 1954)
Clipping from an unmarked newspaper on June 8, 1954 covering the City Council campaign of Irvine Turner for the Central Ward. — Credit: Newark Public Library
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Mother (Nettie Hunt) and daughter (Nickie) sit on steps of the Supreme Court building on May 18, 1954, the day following the Court’s historic decision in Brown v. Board of Education. Nettie is holding a newspaper with the headline “High Court Bans Segregation in Public Schools.” — Credit: www.brownat50.org
