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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

Model Cities Voting Flyer (April 22, 1968)

Flyer encouraging Newark community members to vote in the Model Cities Neighborhood Council election on April 22, 1968. Model Cities was a federally funded grant program to cities with a mandate to plan integrated designs for the “Model Neighborhood.” –Credit: Junius Williams Collection

Phil Hutchings Letter of Resignation from UCC (April 15, 1967)

Letter from Phil Hutchings to United Community Corporation (UCC) Trustees giving notice of his resignation from the organization. Hutchings cites fundamental differences in understandings and analyses of poverty and power as his primary reasons for resigning from the anti-poverty program. –Credit: Newark Public Library

Phil Hutchings Addresses Press Conference at The Spirit House (July, 1967)

A view inside a press conference held at Amiri Baraka’s Spirit House in Newark during the National Conference on Black Power in July, 1967. Addressing the microphone is Newark Community Union Project (NCUP) and Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) member Phil Hutchings. Also pictured are: cultural nationalist leader Ron Karenga (US Organization) to the left of Hutchings, Amiri Baraka behind Hutchings, and SNCC Chairman H. Rap Brown to the right of Hutchings. –Credit: Amiri Baraka Papers; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library

thumbnail of Committee Against Negro and Puerto Rican Removal Press Release, Nov 27, 1967- Telegram sent to Weaver demanding cessation of all urban renewal programs in Newark

Committee Against Negro and Puerto Rican Removal Press Release, Nov 27, 1967- Telegram sent to Weaver demanding cessation of all urban renewal programs in Newark

Press release from the Committee Against Negro and Puerto Rican Removal, led by Louise Epperson, Eulis “Honey” Ward, and Harry Wheeler, announcing a telegram sent to Robert C. Weaver of the Department of Housing and Urban Development to demand the cessation of all urban renewal projects in Newark. — Credit: Junius Williams Collection

Med School Flyer- We Ain’t Gonna Move, Medical School for rich whites or Decent Homes for Black People-

Flyer distributed in the Central Ward to encourage community members to encourage community unity to protest the seizure of land for the construction of a medical school. — Credit:

Press Release July 24, 1967- Conference Pojects New Directions

Press release from organizers of the National Conference on Black Power providing a summary and analysis of the four day conference in Newark. The Black Power Conference began just days after the 1967 Newark Rebellion had come to a close and brought a wide array of national Civil Rights and Black Power leaders to Newark. — Credit: Newark Public Library

Amiri Baraka Addresses Press Conference at The Spirit House (July, 1967)

A bandaged Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones) holds a press conference inside the Spirit House in Newark during the National Conference on Black Power. Baraka was wounded after being arrested on gun charges and beaten by Newark Police during the 1967 rebellion. Left of Baraka is cultural nationalist leader Ron Karenga (US Organization). Right of Baraka is H. Rap Brown, Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). — Credit: Amiri Baraka Papers; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library

Committee Against Negro and Puerto Rican Removal Press Release (Nov 27, 1967)-ilovepdf-compressed

Med School Flyer- We Ain’t Gonna Move, Medical School for rich whites or Decent Homes for Black People-

Flyer distributed in the Central Ward to encourage community members to encourage community unity to protest the seizure of land for the construction of a medical school.

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