
police reform



William Sanchez 03_4.14.12
William Sanchez 03_4.14.12 “William Sanchez 03_4.14.12” from Latino Oral History: Justice.


CAP Flyer for Stop Killer Cops Forum (1975)
Flyer for a 1975 forum on the Congress of Afrikan People’s “Stop Killer Cops” program, which organized Black and Puerto Rican people to resist police brutality. The Congress of Afrikan People was founded in 1970 as a Pan-African, nationalist organization that promoted black political empowerment, with its headquarters in Newark, NJ. — Credit: Newark Public Library

Unity and Struggle (V 5, No 1 January 1976)
Volume 5, Number 1 of Unity and Struggle, the national newspaper of the Congress of Afrikan People (CAP), published in January 1976. Unity and Struggle was one of several media outlets developed by Amiri Baraka to promote Black cultural nationalism in Newark and the nation. — Credit: NYU Tamiment Library

Unity and Struggle (V 4, No 1 December 1974-January 1975)
Volume 4, Number 1 of Unity and Struggle, the national newspaper of the Congress of Afrikan People (CAP), published in December 1974-January 1975. Unity and Struggle was one of several media outlets developed by Amiri Baraka to promote Black cultural nationalism in Newark and the nation. — Credit: NYU Tamiment Library

Transcript of Fred Means Statement to Newark Human Rights Commission Hearing on Police Advisory Review Board (July 13, 1965)
Transcript of statements made by Newark-Essex CORE Chairman Fred Means before hearings of the Newark Human Rights Commission in July, 1965. The Commission held public hearings about a possible police advisory review board after Lester Long, an unarmed Black man, was fatally shot by Newark Policeman Henry Martinez. -Credit: City of Newark Archives and Records Management Center

Platform of the Black and Puerto Rican Convention (Including Additions)-ilovepdf-compressed
Official platform of the Black and Puerto Rican Convention, ratified on November 15, 1969, the second day of the Convention. The platform, developed through the Convention’s workshops, put forth a progressive political agenda for Newark’s 1970 Mayoral and City Council elections that all candidates nominated at the Convention agreed to be bound by.