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Committee For Unified Newark Pamphlet (1972)
Pamphlet distributed by the Committee For Unified Newark (CFUN) in 1972, outlining the major programs, projects, teachings, and ideologies of the organization. CFUN was a cultural nationalist organization established in 1968 by Amiri Baraka aimed at achieving Black political power in Newark. — Credit: The Black Power Movement, Pt. 1 (microfilm)

Flyer for Afrikan Free School Awards (1974)
Flyer for an awards ceremony and fundraising event for the Afrikan Free School, an independent school established by Amina Baraka in 1967. One of the Committee For Unified Newark’s (CFUN) most successful program, the African Free School was initially formed to improve literacy for children in Newark, and grew to earn national recognition. — Credit: Newark Public Library

Black NewArk (V 3, No 1 January-February 1974)
Volume 3, Number 1 of Black NewArk, the local newspaper of the Committee For Unified Newark (CFUN), published in January-February 1974. Black NewArk was one of several media outlets developed by Amiri Baraka to promote Black cultural nationalism in Newark and the nation. This was the final edition of Black NewArk before the newspaper changed to the national paper, Unity and Struggle. — Credit: NYU Tamiment Library

Black NewArk (V 2, No 14 December 1973)
Volume 2, Number 14 of Black NewArk, the local newspaper of the Committee For Unified Newark (CFUN), published in December 1973. 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

Black NewArk (V 2, No 10 September 1973)
Volume 2, Number 10 of Black NewArk, the local newspaper of the Committee For Unified Newark (CFUN), published in September 1973. 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

Black NewArk (V 2, No 9 September 1973)
Volume 2, Number 9 of Black NewArk, the local newspaper of the Committee For Unified Newark (CFUN), published in September 1973. 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

Black NewArk (V 2, No 6 June 1973)
Volume 2, Number 6 of Black NewArk, the local newspaper of the Committee For Unified Newark (CFUN), published in June 1973. 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