Photograph of William Maxwell, an influential political figure in Newark in the early 1900s. Maxwell was the first African American editor of the Newark Ledger and active in numerous political organizations in the city. — Credit: NJ Historical Society
Poem written by William Maxwell, an influential political figure in Newark in the early 1900s. Maxwell was the first African American editor of the Newark Ledger and active in numerous political organizations in the city. — Credit: NJ Historical Society
Poster to advertise a mass meeting of the “New Idea” Colored Republican League” of the Ninth Ward. This was just one of many African American political organizations in Newark in the early 1900s. — Credit: NJ Historical Society
