hayes homes
Statement of Louis Danzig to NJ Committee on Civil Rights (June 29, 1966)
Statement made by Newark Housing Authority director, Louis Danzig, before the New Jersey Committee on Civil Rights on June 29, 1966. In his statement, Danzig offered his views on the state of public housing in Newark as it related to the civil rights of the city’s Black populations. — Credit: City of Newark Archives and Record Management
Transcript of Court Proceedings Against Toby Henry and Tom Comerford (Jan 31, 1973)
Transcript of court proceedings during the trial of Stella Wright Rent Strike leaders Toby Henry and Rev. Thomas Comerford. The two tenant leaders were found guilty of contempt of court for re-distributing withheld rent back to tenants, rather than turning it over to the Newark Housing Authority which had failed to make repairs to the buildings. Henry and Comerford were sentenced to 45 days. — Credit: Seton Hall University Libraries
Aerial View of Construction of Hayes Homes Project, 1954
Aerial view of the construction of the Rev. William P. Hayes Homes on Belmont Avenue. Named for a Black clergyman in Newark, the project opened in the Central Ward in 1954. — Credit: Newark Public Library
Hayes Homes Dedication Ceremony, 1954
Newark residents gather for a dedication ceremony for the Rev. William P. Hayes Homes on Belmont Avenue. Named for a Black clergyman in Newark, the project opened in the Central Ward in 1954. — Credit: Newark Public Library
Black NewArk (V 2, No 9 September 1973)
Volume 2, Number 9 of Black NewArk, the local newspaper of the Committee For Unified Newark (CFUN), published in September 1973. Black NewArk was one of several media outlets developed by Amiri Baraka to promote Black cultural nationalism in Newark and the nation. — Credit: NYU Tamiment Library
Hollie West Statement on Hattie Gainer- Washington Post
Summary of the fatal shooting of Hattie Gainer by State Troopers on July 15, as reported to the Washington Post by Hollie West. — Credit: Junius Williams Papers
Grand Jury Report- Hattie Gainer
Grand Jury report describing the fatal shooting of Hattie Gainer on July 15, 1967, who was shot through the window of her 2nd floor apartment in the Hayes Homes Projects. The report states that she was an “innocent victim” of shooting by State Police and National Guardsmen responding to reports of sniper fire in the area. The Grand Jury found “no cause for indictment.” — Credit: Newark Public Library
