Press release issued by Amiri Baraka on November 27, 1972 criticizing the lack of police protection from mob violence at the construction site 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)
Campaign flyer for North Ward City Council candidate Frank Megaro in 1974, stating his positions on the proposed Kawaida Towers housing project in the North Ward. Kawaida Towers, a communal public housing project conceived by Amiri Baraka, was met with fierce opposition in the predominantly white North Ward where it was supposed to be constructed. — Credit: Newark Public Library
Campaign flyer from the 1978 Newark City Council election, opposing the re-election of Marie Villani, because she voted in favor of the Kawaida Towers housing project in the North Ward. Kawaida Towers, a communal public housing project conceived by Amiri Baraka, was met with fierce opposition in the predominantly white North Ward where it was supposed to be constructed. — Credit: Newark Public Library
Campaign flyer for North Ward City Council candidate Anthony Carrino in 1974, stating his positions on the proposed Kawaida Towers housing project in the North Ward. Kawaida Towers, a communal public housing project conceived by Amiri Baraka, was met with fierce opposition in the predominantly white North Ward where it was supposed to be constructed. — Credit: Newark Public Library
