Witness Testimony of Earl Harris before the Governor’s Select Commission on Civil Disorders on December 8, 1967. The Commission was formed to investigate the causes of the 1967 Newark rebellion and operated much like a Grand Jury investigation. –Credit: Rutgers University Digital Legal Library Repository
Witness Testimony of Earl Harris before the Governor’s Select Commission on Civil Disorders on December 8, 1967. In his testimony, Harris describes the destruction of his store on Elizabeth Street by State Police and Newark Police the night of July 15, 1967. Widespread destruction of Black-owned businesses by State Police and National Guardsmen was reported in Newark the night of July 15 into the morning of July 16. — Credit: Rutgers University Digital Legal Library Repository
Photo submitted by Earl Harris to the Governor’s Select Commission on Civil Disorders to demonstrate the damage done to his business at 124 Elizabeth Avenue by State Police and Newark Police. According to Harris, “they shot up a business that I had invested every penny in that I could possibly get my hands on, my business was two weeks away from opening and it was shot up.” — Credit: New Jersey State Archives
Deposition of Ann Moody before the State of New Jersey Grand Jury, in which she describes police officers looting stores the morning of July 16, 1967. Widespread destruction of Black-owned businesses by State Police and National Guardsmen was reported in Newark the night of July 15 into the morning of July 16. — Credit: Newark Public Library
Photograph of a bullet clip dropped by a police officer after shooting into a store owned by Nancy Ferguson on July 16, 1967. Ms. Ferguson picked up the clip to keep as evidence, and later presented it to the Governor’s Select Commission on Civil Disorders. — Credit: New Jersey State Archives
Witness Testimony of Robert Curvin before the Governor’s Select Commission on Civil Disorders. In his testimony, Curvin describes a meeting with Governor Hughes, Tom Hayden (NCUP), and others on Sunday July 16, 1967 to discuss “impressions of what was going on in the community at the time.” Community leaders, such as Curvin, acted as intermediaries betwen government officials and Newark residents during the 1967 rebellion through meetings like this. — Credit: Rutgers University Digital Legal Library Repository
