ANVIL Archives - The North

Police Memo- Clinton Ave Rent Strike Demonstration (Aug 17, 1964)

Memorandum from the Newark Police Department detailing their surveillance of a rent strike demonstration at the corner of Clinton and Badger Avenues. The demonstrations were organized to support a rent strike by tenants to protest “rats, roaches, and ridiculous rents.” A rent strike was a tactic used by tenants to force a landlord to make repairs to a housing unit by witholding rent payment until repairs were made. — Credit: Junius Williams Papers

Anvil Meeting Outline, July 1964- Potential rebellion in Newark after Harlem

Agenda for an ANVIL meeting on July 27, 1964 called to address a planned rally against ‘police brutality’ on July 29. The agenda notes that “We have been informed that efforts to incite a riot will be attempted.” — Credit: Junius Williams Papers

Anvil Letter on potential rebellion in Newark (July 27, 1964)

Letter from Francis Warren, Executive Director of ANVIL, claiming that a “race riot” was being planned in Newark shortly after the outbreak of rebellions in Harlem and Bedford-Stuyvesant in July 1964. — Credit: Junius Williams Papers