frederick toto Archives - The North

Guard, troopers pull out as Newark calms down (Star-Ledger July 18, 1967)

Article from the Star-Ledger, covering the removal of National Guardsmen and State Police from Newark following the rebellion in the city. The previous night, civil rights activists Robert Curvin and Tom Hayden had urged Governor Richard Hughes to withdraw the troops and police, who had engaged in a campaign of retaliation against Newark’s Black residents. –Credit: The Star-Ledger

LSP Witness Statements on Rufus Council

Statements of witnesses to the fatal shooting of Rufus Council collected by Newark Legal Services Project. — Credit: Junius Williams Papers

Grand Jury Report- Rufus Council

Grand Jury report describing the fatal shooting of 35-year-old Rufus Council on July 14, 1967, who was shot in the head when police driving on South Orange “fired his pistol into the crowd which resulted in the death of Rufus Council.” The Grand Jury found “no cause for indictment.” — Credit: Newark Public Library