job training
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
Mayor Ken Gibson and Harry Wheeler at a Meeting
Harry Wheeler (right) speaks at a meeting while Mayor Ken Gibson (left) listens in. Under the Gibson administration, Wheeler was appointed Director of Manpower, a job training program, and often served as the Mayor’s representative at speaking events. –Credit: Roberta Pfeifer/Newark Public Library
Statement by Governor Richard J Hughes to the Governor’s Select Commission for the Study Civil Disorder in New Jersey (1)-ilovepdf-compressed
Transcript of address given by Governor Richard J. Hughes to the Governor’s Select Commission for the Study of Civil Disorder in New Jersey on August 8, 1967. The Commission was convened by Governor Hughes to study “the causes, the incidents, and the remedies” for the 1967 Newark rebellion. The Governor’s Commission, also known as the Lilley Commission after its chair Robert Lilley, held months of hearings from Newark residents and later published its findings in Report for Action. — Credit: New Jersey State Archives
Blazer Council Work Program Outline
Excerpt from the antipoverty program proposal of the Blazer Council Work Program. The Blazer Program provided job training for Newark’s poor Black and Puerto Rican communities to prepare workers for skilled employment in six areas: food preparation-catering, upholstery, automotive skills, floor polishing and scraping, dressmaking, and renovation and repair. — Credit: Junius Williams Papers
Photo of Blazer Automotive Training (UCC Program Report 1966-67)
A view of the Blazer Work Training Program’s automotive program from the United Community Corporation’s 1966-1967 Program Report. The Blazer Program provided job training to Newark’s poor Black and Puerto Rican communities to prepare workers for skilled employment. — Credit: New Jersey State Archives
