Memo from civil rights activist Derek Winans to Junius Williams regarding the political impacts of the proposed site of the College of Medicine and Dentistry in Newark’s Central Ward. The displacement of residents and consequential disruption of African American electoral voting strength was a major concern of Newark’s civil rights activists in the 1960s. — Credit: Junius Williams Collection
Pamphlet distributed by the Newark Full Employment Project, a collaborative effort of organizations including the Clinton Hill Neighborhood Council and Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) to combat unemployment in the city in 1964. — Credit: Newark Public Library
Note from the pamphlet: “This series of articles on the efforts of the Newark Business and Industrial Coordinating Committee to assist Negroes and Puerto Ricans in gaining employment was published by The Newark News in its issues of March 22-26, 1964. These pamphlets have been prepared by The News for distribution by the committee.” The BICC was established in the wake of the contentious protests at the Barringer High School construction sites in July 1963. — Credit: Doug Eldridge, The Newark News
