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thumbnail of UCC Statement in Response to the Report of the Newark Municipal Council Committee to Study the Anti-Poverty Program (Dec. 23, 1965)-ilovepdf-compressed

UCC Statement in Response to the Report of the Newark Municipal Council Committee to Study the Anti-Poverty Program (Dec. 23, 1965)-ilovepdf-compressed

Summary of the 78-page report issued by the United Community Corporation (UCC) in response to the 1965 report of the City Council Committee to Study the Anti-Poverty Program for the City of Newark, NJ. The document summarizes the charges made against the UCC by the Council Committee and provides a detailed rebuttal to each charge. — Credit: Newark Public Library

thumbnail of Minority Report of Councilman Irvine Turner, Member of the Council Committee to Study the Anti-Poverty Program for the City of Newark, NJ- Dec 1965-ilovepdf-compressed

Minority Report of Councilman Irvine Turner, Member of the Council Committee to Study the Anti-Poverty Program for the City of Newark, NJ- Dec 1965-ilovepdf-compressed

Minority report of Councilman Irvine Turner on the City Council Committee’s investigation of the United Community Corporation (UCC) in 1965. Turner disassociated himself from the Committee’s report on the ground that he disagreed with many of the assumptions and recommendations of the report. In his report, Turner refutes the claim that ‘the UCC has taken many of the aspects of a political-action pressure group,” citing the policy of the Board of Trustees that required any member of the UCC running for political office to take a leave of absence during the candidacy. — Credit: Newark Public Library

Letter from George Richardson and Hilda Hidalgo to Adam Clayton Powell (Undated)

Letter from United Community Corporation (UCC) members George Richardson and Hilda Hidalgo, to Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., seeking assistance in response to the City Council Committee’s investigation of the UCC in 1965. Many Black and Puerto Rican ommunity members, like Richardson and Hidalgo, argued that the Committee’s investigation was an attempt to “bring the anti-poverty program under the control of the Mayor and the City Council.” — Credit: Newark Public Library

The Community in Action- The Area Board (A Manual of Procedure)-ilovepdf-compressed

This manual of procedure, published by the United Community Corporation, explains the establishment, structure, and organizational ideologies of local Area Boards within the UCC. The Area Boards were established as Community Action Programs to allow “maximum feasible participation” in the UCC from city residents in their neighborhoods. — Credit: Newark Public Library

UCC Press Release (Feb. 24, 1965)

Press release from the United Community Corporation (UCC) announcing its official launch and plans for establishing Area Boards throughout the city. The Area Boards were established as Community Action Programs to allow “maximum feasible participation” in the UCC from city residents in their neighborhoods. — Credit: Newark Public Library

UCC Tactical Memo- Development of Neighborhood Boards (Jan 18, 1965)

Memo to the Executive Committee of the United Community Corporation (UCC) from Executive Director Cyril Tyson, regarding the establishment, structure, and ideologies of local Area Boards. The Area Boards were established as Community Action Programs to allow “maximum feasible participation” in the UCC from city residents in their neighborhoods. — Credit: Newark Public Library

Mayor’s Remarks Made Before UCC (May 27, 1965)-ilovepdf-compressed

Address given by Mayor Addonizio to the Board of Directors of the United Community Corporation (UCC) in which he offers his views on what roles the organization should play in Newark. In the address, Addonizio urges the Board to “keep the UCC out of politics.” City officials in Newark feared that the antipoverty program would become a parallel government and undermine their political power in the city. — Credit: Newark Public Library

Emergency Resolution to Provide Funds to UCC (Nov. 4, 1964)

Emergency resolution signed by City Council President Ralph Villani, appropriating $15,000 of city funding to enable the United Community Corporation (UCC) to establish a local anti-poverty program. Mayor Addonizio requested the funding to ensure that Newark met the eligibility requirements of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, which authorized the establishment of Community Action Agencies, like the UCC in Newark. — Credit: Junius Williams Papers

UCC Program Report, 1965-1966-ilovepdf-compressed

Program Report of the United Community Corporation (UCC) for the 1965-1966 year. The report provides an overview of the UCC’s community action programs, several of which focused on job training for Newark’s poor Black and Puerto Rican communities. — Credit: Newark Public Library