civil rights
Newark-A City in Transition_Vol 3_Summary and Rec
A 1959 report from the Mayor’s Commission on Group Relations on “group relations” in Newark. Policing was a commonly discussed issue among the city’s Black residents. –Credit: Newark Public Library
Newark Police Guard a Looted Liquor Store
“Newark, NJ: Policemen stand beside the broken window of a liquor store on Belmont Avenue after outbreak of violence in Newark early July 13th. Negroes enraged by the alleged beating of a cab driver by police besieged a station house and touched off a wave of window-smashing and looting. Trash can (right) was used to break this store window.” — Credit: UPI Photo
Flyer- Theodore Pinckney for Newark NAACP President (Dec 10, 1964)
Flyer from Ted Pinckney’s campaign for president of the Newark chapter of the NAACP in 1964. The 1964 election was a highly contentious one, as civil rights activists fought against the influence that Mayor Hugh Addonizio and the Essex County Democratic Party had over the organization. — Credit: Newark Public Library
Statement of Louis Danzig to NJ Committee on Civil Rights (June 29, 1966)
Statement made by Newark Housing Authority director, Louis Danzig, before the New Jersey Committee on Civil Rights on June 29, 1966. In his statement, Danzig offered his views on the state of public housing in Newark as it related to the civil rights of the city’s Black populations. — Credit: City of Newark Archives and Record Management
Letter from Clergy in Support of Kawaida Towers (undated)
Undated letter from Newark clergy urging the support of their congregations for the Kawaida Towers housing project. Kawaida Towers, a high-rise housing project that Baraka planned to build in Newark’s predominantly white North Ward, was met by fierce opposition from white residents and politicians. — Credit: Seton Hall University Libraries
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
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
