1972
Groundbreaking of Kawaida Towers
(L-R) Alvin Gershen, Raymond Brown, Ken Gibson, and Amiri Baraka at the groundbreaking ceremony for Kawaida Towers on October 12, 1972. –Credit: Dwight J. Johnson/The Star-Ledger
First Annual Report of the Relocation Review Board (1972)
First Annual Report of the Newark Relocation Review Board from 1972. The Relocation Review Board was formed as a result of the 1968 Medical School Agreements as an ombudsman and watchdog agency to prevent relocation abuses from urban renewal developments. — Credit: Barbara Kukla Papers, Newark Public Library
Letter from Amiri Baraka to North Ward Clergy (Dec 13, 1972)
Letter from Amiri Baraka to members of the North Ward Clergy on December 13, 1972, explaining the nature of his plans for Kawaida Towers. Kawaida Towers, a high-rise housing project that Baraka planned to build in Newark’s predominantly white North Ward, was met by fierce opposition from white residents and politicians. — Credit: Seton Hall University Libraries
