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Newark Police Dept Report on Willie Wright (Capt Charles Kinney)

Report submitted by Newark Police Captain Charles Kinney, regarding his “Investigation Into Possible Criminal Conspiracy During Riots of July 1967.” Wright was one of several figures under surveillance from the Newark Police Department before and after the 1967 Newark Rebellion. The report relied mostly on word-of-mouth accounts from informants, with little hard evidence to support its allegations. — Credit: Seton Hall University Libraries

Newark Rally- Riot trial protest urged (Star Ledger Sept 25, 1967)

Article from the Star-Ledger on September 25, 1967, covering a rally at the Essex County Court House to protest the arrests of 1,400 Newark residents during the 1967 Newark Rebellion. The rally drew 150 people to the Essex County Court House, and featured speeches by militant leaders Amiri Baraka, Charles Kenyatta, Wille Wright, and Herman Ferguson. — Credit: The Star Ledger

United Afro American Association Newsletter (1967)

Newsletter distributed by the United Afro American Association (UAAA) in 1967, and used as evidence by Newark Police Captain Charles Kinney as evidence of “criminal conspiracy” during the 1967 Newark Rebellion. Led by Willie Wright, the UAAA was a relatively small organization, but garnered much attention for Wright’s militant rhetoric. — Credit: House Committee on Un-American Activities (1968)

United Afro American Association Flyer- Sympathy Meeting to Free Rebellion Prisoners (1967)

Flyer distributed by the United Afro American Association (UAAA) in 1967, and used as evidence by Newark Police Captain Charles Kinney as evidence of “criminal conspiracy” during the 1967 Newark Rebellion. The rally drew 150 people to the Essex County Court House, and featured speeches by militant leaders Amiri Baraka, Charles Kenyatta, Wille Wright, and Herman Ferguson. — Credit: House Committee on Un-American Activities (1968)

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United Afro American Association Flyer- Barringer Rally (1967)

Flyer distributed by the United Afro American Association (UAAA) in 1967, announcing a rally to protest racial violence that broke out in Barringer High School in November 1967. Led by Willie Wright, the UAAA was a relatively small organization, but garnered much attention for Wright’s militant rhetoric following the 1967 Newark Rebellion. — Credit: New Jersey State Archives

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United Afro American Association Flyer- Meeting on Police Brutality (1967)

Flyer distributed by the United Afro American Association (UAAA) in 1967, announcing a meeting on police brutality and intimidation. Led by Willie Wright, the UAAA played a leading role in protesting police brutality and white vigilante violence following the 1967 Newark Rebellion. — Credit: New Jersey State Archives

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United Afro American Association Poster- Putting the Squeeze On (1967)

Poster distributed by the United Afro American Association (UAAA) in 1967. Led by Willie Wright, the UAAA was a relatively small organization, but garnered much attention for Wright’s militant rhetoric following the 1967 Newark Rebellion. — Credit: New Jersey State Archives

A Black Convention in 1969-ilovepdf-compressed

Statement of purpose and mission for the 1969 Black and Puerto Rican Convention. The Convention was organized by an array of inviduals and organizations in Newark to formally select the “Community’s Choice” for Mayor and City Council in the 1970 election.

Newark Police Report on UCC Subversive Activities (June 19, 1967)-ilovepdf-compressed

Police report forwarded to Newark Legal Services Project director, Oliver Lofton, from Newark Police Director Dominick Spina on June 19, 1967. The report was based on information provided by the City Clerk regarding alleged plans of the UCC Area Boards 2 and 3 to bring the Black Panthers to Newark. The report names several influential Black and Puerto Rican community leaders, including Lofton, Robert Curvin, Louise Epperson, Honey Ward, George Richardson, and Jesse Allen, as accomplices to a planned “revolt” by the “Spanish and Negro population” on June 27. The UCC and other community organizations in Newark were continuously subjected to official surveillance and later blamed for the outbreak of the 1967 Newark rebellion. — Credit: Junius Williams Papers

Report on Conference Called by Mayor Addonizio- Police Advisory Board (May 22, 1963) (1)

Report from Newark Human Rights Commission Director Daniel Anthony on a conference with Mayor Addonizio, Dominick Spina, and Norman Schiff on May 22, 1963. The conference was called by Addonizio to discuss ways of improving cooperation between the Commission and City Hall in the wake of the Mayor’s rejection of a “police advisory board,” which the Commission supported. Following an influx of allegations of police misconduct and brutality in early 1963, African American community leaders advocated for the establishment of a “review board” or “advisory board” to investigate allegations of police misconduct. The struggle over a police advisory board continued through the 1960s and was a polarizing topic along racial lines in Newark. — Credit: Newark Public Library

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