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The Newark Redevelopment and Housing Authority 1974 Annual Report
Annual Report of the Newark Redevelopment and Housing Authority from 1974. The Authority was responsible for managing Newark’s public housing projects and urban renewal projects. — Credit: Rutgers University Libraries
United Afro American Association Newsletter (1967)
Newsletter distributed by the United Afro American Association (UAAA) in 1967, and used as evidence by Newark Police Captain Charles Kinney as evidence of “criminal conspiracy” during the 1967 Newark Rebellion. Led by Willie Wright, the UAAA was a relatively small organization, but garnered much attention for Wright’s militant rhetoric. — Credit: House Committee on Un-American Activities (1968)
Willie Wright Leads Tour of Central Ward, 5
Willie Wright (left) leads a group of Newark businessmen on a tour of the city’s Central Ward in 1968. Wright, head of the United Afro-American Association, led tours of the Central Ward to demonstrate the conditions faced by its predominantly Black residents, and to promote investment in the area. — Credit: Newark Public Library
Willie Wright Leads Tour of Central Ward, 4
Willie Wright (center) leads a group of Newark businessmen on a tour of the city’s Central Ward in 1968. Wright, head of the United Afro-American Association, led tours of the Central Ward to demonstrate the conditions faced by its predominantly Black residents, and to promote investment in the area. — Credit: Newark Public Library
Willie Wright Leads Tour of Central Ward, 3
Willie Wright (center) leads a group of Newark businessmen on a tour of the city’s Central Ward in 1968. Wright, head of the United Afro-American Association, led tours of the Central Ward to demonstrate the conditions faced by its predominantly Black residents, and to promote investment in the area. — Credit: Newark Public Library
Willie Wright Leads Tour of Central Ward, 2
Willie Wright (center) leads a group of Newark businessmen on a tour of the city’s Central Ward in 1968. Wright, head of the United Afro-American Association, led tours of the Central Ward to demonstrate the conditions faced by its predominantly Black residents, and to promote investment in the area. — Credit: Newark Public Library
Willie Wright Leads Tour of Central Ward
Willie Wright (center) leads a group of Newark businessmen on a tour of the city’s Central Ward in 1968. Wright, head of the United Afro-American Association, led tours of the Central Ward to demonstrate the conditions faced by its predominantly Black residents, and to promote investment in the area. — Credit: Newark Public Library
Witness Testimony of Harry Wheeler- Dec 8, 1967-ilovepdf-compressed
Testimony of Harry Wheeler, director of the Committee Against Negro and Puerto Rican Removal, before the Governor’s Select Commission on Civil Disorder on December 8, 1967. The Commission was held following the 1967 Newark rebellion to investigate the causes of the rebellion and called witnesses to testify like a Grand Jury. –Credit: Rutgers University Digital Legal Library Repository
William Mercer, What Business Can Do for the Black Community (National Conference on Black Power)-ilovepdf-compressed
A speech written by William A. Mercer, Coordinator of the Business and Industrial Coordinating Council (BICC), that he presented at the National Conference on Black Power in Newark. The Black Power Conference began just days after the 1967 Newark Rebellion had come to a close and brought a wide array of national Civil Rights and Black Power leaders to Newark. — Credit: Newark Public Library
