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Newark Police Dept Report on Willie Wright (Capt Charles Kinney)

Report submitted by Newark Police Captain Charles Kinney, regarding his “Investigation Into Possible Criminal Conspiracy During Riots of July 1967.” Wright was one of several figures under surveillance from the Newark Police Department before and after the 1967 Newark Rebellion. The report relied mostly on word-of-mouth accounts from informants, with little hard evidence to support its allegations. — Credit: Seton Hall University Libraries

thumbnail of United AfroAmerican Association Flyer- Barringer Rally

United Afro American Association Flyer- Barringer Rally (1967)

Flyer distributed by the United Afro American Association (UAAA) in 1967, announcing a rally to protest racial violence that broke out in Barringer High School in November 1967. Led by Willie Wright, the UAAA was a relatively small organization, but garnered much attention for Wright’s militant rhetoric following the 1967 Newark Rebellion. — Credit: New Jersey State Archives

Robert Curvin Police Profile

Police profile of Robert Curvin from sometime after 1965. Curvin, civil rights activist and community leader, was surveilled by Newark police and labeled as a “militant racist” and “irresponsible” by city officials. -Credit: Junius Williams Collection

Addonizio is given ultimatum (June 15, 1963)

— Credit: Newark Public Library

Mayor to meet union heads on charges of hiring bias (NJ AfroAmerican, June 11,1963)

Clipping from an unmarked newspaper, covering the plans of the Newark Coordinating Council (NCC) to picket city construction sites if city officials did not take action against employment discrimination of Black and Puerto Ricans in the building and construction trades. The article includes a list of demands issued to Mayor Addonizio by the NCC, which was comprised of various civil rights organizations in the city. — Credit: Newark Public Library

Newark Police Memo on CORE Demonstrations at Barringer (July 29, 1963)

Police report submitted on July 29, 1963 regarding demonstrations at the Barringer High School construction site to protest hiring discrimination in the building and construction trades in Newark against Blacks and Puerto Ricans. — Credit: NJ State Archives

Flyer- End Discrimination Against Negroes and Puerto Ricans

Flyer distributed by the Newark Coordinating Council (NCC) to encourage community support of protests at the Barringer High School construction site. The NCC, which was comprised of various civil rights organizations in the city, organized demonstrations at the site to protest hiring discrimination in the building and construction trades in Newark against Blacks and Puerto Ricans. — Credit: Newark Public Library

Emergency Memo on Barringer HS Incident from Daniel Anthony to Addonizio- Jul 3, 1963

Press release from Newark Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Executive Director, Dan Anthony, announcing that after a six-hour hearing the Commission had “found discrimination in the employment patterns of the workforce at Barringer High School.” Mayor Addonizio had tasked the Commission with conducting an investigation to determine if hiring discrimination existed within the building and construction industries in the city. — Credit: Newark Public Library

Telegram from John Collier to JFK, RFK, Gov. Hughes, Arthur Sills, and Mayor Addonizio

Telegram sent by Rev. John Collier to President John Kennedy, Attoenry General Robert Kennedy, Governor Richard Hughes, and NJ Attorney General Arthur Sills regarding the beatings of peaceful demonstrators at the Barringer High School construction site in July 1963. Members of the Newark Coordinating Council and their supporters were attacked by construction workers and police officers as they demonstrated against hiring discrimination in the building and construction industries at the construction site. — Credit: Newark Public Library

Brawl at School Picket Site (Daily News July 4, 1963)

Clipping from The Daily News on July 4, 1963, covering the violent conflicts that broke out at the Barringer High School Construction site the day before. Members of the Newark Coordinating Council and their supporters were attacked by construction workers and police officers as they demonstrated against hiring discrimination in the building and construction industries at the construction site. — Credit: Newark Public Library

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