Volume 2, Number 8 of Black NewArk, the local newspaper of the Committee For Unified Newark (CFUN), published in August 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
Volume 1, Number 5 of Black NewArk, the local newspaper of the Committee For Unified Newark (CFUN), published in April 1972. 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
Report from Newark Human Rights Commission Director Daniel Anthony on a conference with Mayor Addonizio, Dominick Spina, and Norman Schiff on May 22, 1963. The conference was called by Addonizio to discuss ways of improving cooperation between the Commission and City Hall in the wake of the Mayor’s rejection of a “police advisory board,” which the Commission supported. Following an influx of allegations of police misconduct and brutality in early 1963, African American community leaders advocated for the establishment of a “review board” or “advisory board” to investigate allegations of police misconduct. The struggle over a police advisory board continued through the 1960s and was a polarizing topic along racial lines in Newark. — Credit: Newark Public Library
Leaflet distributed by the Vanguard Democrats, a progressive political organization in Newark, on July 22, 1967. The leaflet proclaims, “We must not allow the magnificent demonstration of UNITY by the oppressed people in the ghetto to be wasted,” and provides a list of objectives for Black political, social, and economic empowerment. — Credit: Junius Williams Papers
Witness testimony of Robert Curvin before the Governor’s Select Commission on Civil Disorders on October 17, 1967. In his testimony, Curvin describes a meeting at City Hall on Thursday, July 13, 1967 with James Hooper (CORE), Mayor Addonizio, and Police Director Dominick Spina. The meeting, held the day after John Smith was arrested and beaten by Newark Police, was held to discuss government responses to issues of police brutality in the community. — Credit: Rutgers University Digital Legal Library Repository
