Volume 3, Number 3 of Unity and Struggle, the national newspaper of the Congress of Afrikan People (CAP), published in March 1974. 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
Volume 2, Number 1 of Black NewArk, the local newspaper of the Committee For Unified Newark (CFUN), published in January 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
Flyer encouraging Newark community members to vote in the Model Cities Neighborhood Council election on April 22, 1968. Model Cities was a federally funded grant program to cities with a mandate to plan integrated designs for the “Model Neighborhood.” –Credit: Junius Williams Collection
Editorial from an unmarked newsclipping carrying a statement released by the newly-formed Citizens Police Advisory Committee. The Committee, formed in response to Mayor Addonizio’s rejection of a police advisory board, was proposed as an unofficial and independent organization to hear complaints of police misconduct.The statement makes reference to a petition organized by George Richardson which collected 18,000 signatures requesting the formation of an official police advisory board. — Credit: Newark Public Library
Unmarked newspaper article from May 28, 1963 covering two recent cases of alleged police misconduct. The first resulted from the arrest and mistreatment of Mrs. Carrie Powell, vice principal of Hawthorne Avenue School, as she objected to the beating of a suspect by Newark police in Penn Station. The second resulted from a police shooting at the Lido Bar after an off-duty patrolman responded to a “brawl” there. These two instances are credited as propelling the continued struggle for a police review board in Newark. — Credit: Newark Public Library
