1966
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
Statement of Louis Danzig to NJ Committee on Civil Rights (June 29, 1966)
Statement made by Newark Housing Authority director, Louis Danzig, before the New Jersey Committee on Civil Rights on June 29, 1966. In his statement, Danzig offered his views on the state of public housing in Newark as it related to the civil rights of the city’s Black populations. — Credit: City of Newark Archives and Record Management
Police Report on CORE Distributing Leaflets
Newark Police Department report on members of the Newark-Essex Chapter of CORE distributing leaflets outside of Hahne’s department store on Broad Street. Members of CORE, led by Fred Means, distributed leaflets to encourage Newark’s Black and Puerto Rican communities to protest discriminatory hiring practices at the store in 1966. -Credit: Newark Public Library
Police Report on CORE Distributing Leaflets
Newark Police Department report on members of the Newark-Essex Chapter of CORE distributing leaflets outside of Hahne’s department store on Broad Street. Members of CORE, led by Fred Means, distributed leaflets to encourage Newark’s Black and Puerto Rican communities to protest discriminatory hiring practices at the store in 1966. -Credit: Newark Public Library
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
UCC Program Report, 1965-1966-ilovepdf-compressed
Program Report of the United Community Corporation (UCC) for the 1965-1966 year. The report provides an overview of the UCC’s community action programs, several of which focused on job training for Newark’s poor Black and Puerto Rican communities. — Credit: Newark Public Library
Leo Carlin Opening Campaign Statement (Feb 17, 1966)
Draft of former mayor Leo Carlin’s opening statement for his 1966 mayoral campaign against the incumbent, Hugh Addonizio, and political newcomer, Ken Gibson. Carlin attempted to run again in 1966 after being defeated by Addonizio in the 1962 election. — Credit: Newark Public Library
NCUP- Insurgent Political Action
Position paper from the Newark Community Union Project (NCUP) regarding the civil rights organization’s “insurgent political action” during the 1966 campaign in Newark. Members of NCUP, an affiliate of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), had conflicting views about the organization’s involvement in electoral politics. — Credit: Junius Williams Papers
Mayor Addonizio Campaign Brochure (1966)
Campaign brochure for Mayor Addonizio’s 1966 mayoral campaign in Newark. Addonizio ran as the incumbent in the campaign against former mayor Leo Carlin and political newcomer, Ken Gibson. — Credit: Newark Public Library
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