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Statement of Louis Danzig to NJ Committee on Civil Rights (June 29, 1966)
Statement made by Newark Housing Authority director, Louis Danzig, before the New Jersey Committee on Civil Rights on June 29, 1966. In his statement, Danzig offered his views on the state of public housing in Newark as it related to the civil rights of the city’s Black populations. — Credit: City of Newark Archives and Record Management

First Annual Report of the Relocation Review Board (1972)
First Annual Report of the Newark Relocation Review Board from 1972. The Relocation Review Board was formed as a result of the 1968 Medical School Agreements as an ombudsman and watchdog agency to prevent relocation abuses from urban renewal developments. — Credit: Barbara Kukla Papers, Newark Public Library

Black Power- Key to National Fulfillment by Nathan Wright
Speech written by Dr. Nathan Wright that he presented at the National Conference on Black Power 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