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Aerial View of Construction of Hayes Homes Project, 1954
Aerial view of the construction of the Rev. William P. Hayes Homes on Belmont Avenue. Named for a Black clergyman in Newark, the project opened in the Central Ward in 1954. — Credit: Newark Public Library
Hayes Homes Dedication Ceremony, 1954
Newark residents gather for a dedication ceremony for the Rev. William P. Hayes Homes on Belmont Avenue. Named for a Black clergyman in Newark, the project opened in the Central Ward in 1954. — Credit: Newark Public Library
New Community Corporation Groundbreaking Ceremony (1975)
A 1975 groundbreaking ceremony of the New Community Corporation (NCC), an economic and housing development corporation founded in 1968 by Rev. William Linder. (L-R) George Wheeler (representative of Mayor Ken Gibson), Rev. Linder, Willie Wright (President of NCC), and William Blakely (Engelhard Industries). — Credit: D.J. Zehnder/John T. Cunningham
