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Groundbreaking of Kawaida Towers
(L-R) Alvin Gershen, Raymond Brown, Ken Gibson, and Amiri Baraka at the groundbreaking ceremony for Kawaida Towers on October 12, 1972. –Credit: Dwight J. Johnson/The Star-Ledger
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
Temple of Kawaida Press Release (Nov 27, 1972)
Press release issued by Amiri Baraka’s Temple of Kawaida on November 27, 1972 criticizing the lack of police protection for the construction of Kawaida Towers. 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: The Black Power Movement, Pt. 1 (microfilm)
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
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
Committee For Unified Newark Pamphlet (1972)
Pamphlet distributed by the Committee For Unified Newark (CFUN) in 1972, outlining the major programs, projects, teachings, and ideologies of the organization. CFUN was a cultural nationalist organization established in 1968 by Amiri Baraka aimed at achieving Black political power in Newark. — Credit: The Black Power Movement, Pt. 1 (microfilm)
Unity and Struggle (V 4, No 4 March 1975)
Volume 4, Number 4 of Unity and Struggle, the national newspaper of the Congress of Afrikan People (CAP), published in March 1975. Unity and Struggle was one of several media outlets developed by Amiri Baraka to promote Black cultural nationalism in Newark and the nation. — Credit: NYU Tamiment Library
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