Map of proposed urban renewal projects in Newark from the city’s 1964 Master Plan prepared by the Central Planning Board. Nearly all of the urban renewal projects were to be located in the Central Ward, where the majority of the city’s black and Puerto Rican communities lived and worked. Though these communities were to be deeply impacted by urban renewal projects, they had very little representation in the planning processes.
Flyer distributed by the People’s Action Group (UCC Area Board 3) and the Newark Community Union Project to protest the eviction of Mrs. Emma Gaskins. Many housing units in the Central Ward and Clinton Hill were owned by absentee landlords who lived in the suburbs and allowed the apartments to deteriorate. To protest the eviction of Mrs. Gaskins, NCUP and the People’s Action Group distributed this flyer in Millburn, where her landlord Phil Kaufman lived, to encourage the man’s neighbors to talk with him about the conditions in his rental units. — Credit: Newark Public Library
Article from the Newark Sunday News covering a rent strike demonstration organized by the Clinton Hill Neighborhood Council and Newark Community Union Project (NCUP) at Clinton and Badger Avenues. The demonstrations were organized to support a rent strike by tenants to protest “rats, roaches, and ridiculous rents.” A rent strike was a tactic used by tenants to force a landlord to make repairs to a housing unit by witholding rent payment until repairs were made. — Credit: Newark Public Library
Memorandum from the Newark Police Department detailing their surveillance of a rent strike demonstration at the corner of Clinton and Badger Avenues. The demonstrations were organized to support a rent strike by tenants to protest “rats, roaches, and ridiculous rents.” A rent strike was a tactic used by tenants to force a landlord to make repairs to a housing unit by witholding rent payment until repairs were made. — Credit: Junius Williams Papers
This demonstration was organized by the Clinton Hill Neighborhood Council and Newark Community Union Project (NCUP) to protest housing conditions in Clinton Hill. The picketers supported a rent strike by tenants to protest “rats, roaches, and ridiculous rents.” A rent strike was a tactic used by tenants to force a landlord to make repairs to a housing unit by witholding rent payment until repairs were made. The photograph was marked to identify NCUP organizer, Tom Hayden. — Credit: New Jersey State Archives
Flyer distributed by the Clinton Hill Neighborhood Council and the Newark Community Union Project (NCUP) to rally support for a rent strike demonstration in August of 1964. A rent strike was a tactic used by tenants to force a landlord to make repairs to a housing unit by witholding rent payment until repairs were made. — Credit: Newark Public Library
Flyer distributed by the Clinton Hill Neighborhood Council and the Newark Community Union Project (NCUP) announcing a demonstration to protest the eviction of Mary Martin in August of 1964. Ms. Martin refused to pay rent after her landlord repeatedly failed to take care of the rats, roaches, and crumbling conditions in her apartment. Unnscrupulous landlords, like Ms. Martin’s, were slow to make repairs, but quick to evict tenants, who received little assistance from the city’s housing authorities. — Credit: Newark Public Library
Illustrations from a flyer distributed by the Clinton Hill Neighborhood Council and the Newark Community Union Project (NCUP) announcing a demonstration to protest the eviction of Mary Martin in August of 1964. Ms. Martin refused to pay rent after her landlord repeatedly failed to take care of the rats, roaches, and crumbling conditions in her apartment. Unnscrupulous landlords, like Ms. Martin’s, were slow to make repairs, but quick to evict tenants, who received little assistance from the city’s housing authorities. — Credit: Newark Public Library
Newspaper photos of Mayor Addonizio’s “inspection tour of ‘slum pockets” in Central Ward and Clinton Hill neighborhoods. Addonizio was prompted to personally inspect housing conditions after the Clinton Hill Neighborhood Council and Newark Community Union Project held rent strike demonstrations in the city that week. — Credit: Newark Public Library
Clipping from an unmarked newspaper covering Mayor Addonizio’s “inspection tour of ‘slum pockets” in Central Ward and Clinton Hill neighborhoods. Addonizio was prompted to personally inspect housing conditions after the Clinton Hill Neighborhood Council and Newark Community Union Project held rent strike demonstrations in the city that week. — Credit: Newark Public Library
