Article from the New York Times covering the Newark Construction Trades Training Council, which was formed after the Medical School Agreement to provide job training and placement for Black and Latino men on the construction project. James Walker, an executive director of NCTTC, is pictured in the photograph. –Credit: The New York Times
Excerpt from the stenographic transcript of Louise Epperson’s comments to the Central Planning Board on June 13, 1967 during the “blight hearings.” These public hearings were held to determine if areas in the Central Ward were “blighted” so that the lands could be taken by eminent domain for the construction of the New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry. — Credit: Newark Public Library
Excerpt from the stenographic transcript of James Walker’s comments to the Central Planning Board on June 13, 1967 during the “blight hearings.” These public hearings were held to determine if areas in the Central Ward were “blighted” so that the lands could be taken by eminent domain for the construction of the New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry. — Credit: Newark Public Library
Cover page from transcript of stenographic notes taken at the Medical School “blight hearings” on June 13, 1967. — Credit: Newark Public Library
