police review board
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
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 3, No 5 May 1974)
Volume 3, Number 5 of Unity and Struggle, the national newspaper of the Congress of Afrikan People (CAP), published in May 1974. 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
Black NewArk (V 3, No 1 January-February 1974)
Volume 3, Number 1 of Black NewArk, the local newspaper of the Committee For Unified Newark (CFUN), published in January-February 1974. Black NewArk was one of several media outlets developed by Amiri Baraka to promote Black cultural nationalism in Newark and the nation. This was the final edition of Black NewArk before the newspaper changed to the national paper, Unity and Struggle. — Credit: NYU Tamiment Library
Black NewArk (V 2, No 14 December 1973)
Volume 2, Number 14 of Black NewArk, the local newspaper of the Committee For Unified Newark (CFUN), published in December 1973. Black NewArk was one of several media outlets developed by Amiri Baraka to promote Black cultural nationalism in Newark and the nation. — Credit: NYU Tamiment Library
Black NewArk (V 2, No 10 September 1973)
Volume 2, Number 10 of Black NewArk, the local newspaper of the Committee For Unified Newark (CFUN), published in September 1973. Black NewArk was one of several media outlets developed by Amiri Baraka to promote Black cultural nationalism in Newark and the nation. — Credit: NYU Tamiment Library
Black NewArk (V 2, No 9 September 1973)
Volume 2, Number 9 of Black NewArk, the local newspaper of the Committee For Unified Newark (CFUN), published in September 1973. Black NewArk was one of several media outlets developed by Amiri Baraka to promote Black cultural nationalism in Newark and the nation. — Credit: NYU Tamiment Library
Imperiale denies plan to disband his followers (Star-Ledger June 13, 1968)
Article from The Star-Ledger covering the demands of Governor Hughes that North Ward vigilante Anthony Imperiale disband his followers. Imperiale and his North Ward Citizens Committee gained notoreity for the cache of weapons, including an armored car, that they claimed to have and for giving voice to white fears and resentment after the 1967 Newark rebellion.
Flyer- North Ward Citizens Committee
Flyer distributed by the North Ward Citizens Committee celebrating the rejection of a police review board by city officials. This struggle over a police review board raged throughout the 1960s and was one of the most racially polarizing issues in Newark. Anythony Imperiale and his North Ward Citizens Committee advocated for “law and order,” by rallying for a police canine corps and against the review board.
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