An article from the Star-Ledger on July 17, 1967 covering the shooting of Newark Fire Captain Michael Moran. Moran was shot on July 15th at 500 Central Avenue, just up the street from a National Guard blockade where shooting had broken out minutes earlier. — Credit: The Star-Ledger
Article from the Star-Ledger on July 16, 1967 covering the shooting of Newark Fire Captain Michael Moran. Moran was shot on July 15th at 500 Central Avenue, just up the street from a National Guard blockade where shooting had broken out minutes earlier. — Credit: The Star-Ledger
Witness Testimony of Earl Harris before the Governor’s Select Commission on Civil Disorders on December 8, 1967. The Commission was formed to investigate the causes of the 1967 Newark rebellion and operated much like a Grand Jury investigation. –Credit: Rutgers University Digital Legal Library Repository
Telegram sent by Ron Karenga, of the nationalist US Organization in Los Angeles, to LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka) on July 15, 1967. The telegram reads: “Keep on pushin if you need anything call us see you next week. ‘Take it slow we’ve got a long time a long way to go but we have each other and the world.’ Blackly, Maulana Ron Karenga and All of US”
Grand Jury report on the fatal shooting of 41-year-old Newark Fire Captain, Michael Moran, on July 15, 1967. According to the report, Moran was hit by a bullet that “apparently ricocheted before striking” him after Moran responded to an alarm on Central Avenue. The Grand Jury found “no cause for indictment.” — Credit: Newark Public Library
Caption from LIFE Magazine: “12-year-old Joe Bass Jr….who was the inadvertant victim of the same shotgun blast that killed Furr…Joe lies seriously wounded in neck and thigh as policeman rushes over.” — Credit: LIFE Magazine
Notes of Newark Legal Services Project on witness accounts of the death of Michael Moran, a Captain in the Newark Fire Department. According to the witness, Moran was shot in the abdomen by a “sniper” from a passing car. — Credit: junius Williams Papers
Cover of July 28, 1967 issue of LIFE Magazine with caption, “Wounded by gunshot, Joe Bass Jr., 12, lies in a Newark street.” — Credit: LIFE Magazine
Caption from LIFE Magazine: “…LIFE reporter Dale Wittner and Photographer Bud Lee came up to witness the tragic incident…a police care sped up and helmeted, shotgun-toting policemen jumped out. Bystanders (including Wittner, courching at left of telephone pole) flattened themselves as Furr (in light-blue shirt) fled.” — Credit: LIFE Magazine
Caption from LIFE Magazine: “…LIFE reporter Dale Wittner and Photographer Bud Lee came up to witness the tragic incident…a police care sped up and helmeted, shotgun-toting policemen jumped out. Bystanders (including Wittner, courching at left of telephone pole) flattened themselves as Furr (in light-blue shirt) fled. Then the officer aimed at Furr, who can be seen still running.” — Credit: LIFE Magazine
