View of a storefront church in Newark. Countless storefront churches popped up in northern cities in the 20th century as African American populations left the South during the Great Migrations. — Credit: WPA Photographs, NJ State Archives
African American teenagers dance inside Newark’s Skateland dance hall. Newark’s “Barbary Coast” was known for its jazz clubs and booming nightlife in the 1940s-1950s. — Credit: WPA Photographs, NJ State Archives
A view of the National Theatre on Belmont Avenue in Newark. The National Theatre was an important institution of leisure and entertainment for Newark’s Black communities. — Credit: WPA Photographs, NJ State Archives
A look inside a polling station at Newark’s Prince Charlton School in the early 1930s, as African Americans turned out to cast their votes. A new political awareness in Newark’s African American communities began to grow at the turn of the 20th Century, and the 1920s through 1940s saw the beginning of black political power on the local scene. — Credit: WPA Photographs, NJ State Archives
This chart shows the number of Italian, Jewish, Irish, and German City Councilmen elected from 1891-1917 Newark. As different ethnic groups have migrated in and out of Newark, population percentages have fluctuated along with political representation in city government. — Credit: NJ State Archives
Photograph of St. Nicholas Greek Church at 555 Hight Street in Newark. St. Nicholas was one of the city’s largest places of worship for Greek immigrants, who started arriving in Newark in the early 1900s. — Credit: WPA Photographs, NJ State Archives
A view up Mulberry Street in Newark’s Chinatown. On the left is the Shanghai Restaurant. — Credit: WPA Photographs, NJ State Archives
Photo of Italian men playing Bocce, a traditionally Italian game, at the Cooperative Family Association. — Credit: WPA Photographs, NJ State Archives
Photograph of Temple B’nai Jeshurun, one of Newark’s many temples in the early 20th Century. — Credit: WPA Photographs, NJ State Archives
A look inside an African American newspaper office in Newark in the early 1930s. The newspaper was most likely the New Jersey Herald News (later the Newark Herald News). — Credit: WPA Photographs, NJ State Archives
