Flyer from Ted Pinckney’s campaign for president of the Newark chapter of the NAACP in 1964. The 1964 election was a highly contentious one, as civil rights activists fought against the influence that Mayor Hugh Addonizio and the Essex County Democratic Party had over the organization. — Credit: Newark Public Library
Article from the New Jersey Afro-American covering demonstrations at the construction site of the Rutgers University Law Building in 1964. Various civil rights organizations, including the NAACP, CORE, Americans for Democratic Action (ADA), and Puerto Rican populations protested the $2.5 million project that employed no Black or Puerto Rican workers. — Credit: New Jersey Afro-American
Press release from the NAACP on July 22, 1967 with commentary from Roy Wilkins and details of the efforts of the organization to assist community members during the Newark rebellion. — Credit: Newark Public Library
