relocation
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
An Argument for an Alternate Plan (Aug. 15,1967)-ilovepdf-compressed
A statement prepared by the Newark Area Planning Association (NAPA) and law volunteers from Vista (Volunteers in Service to America) that put forth a comprehensive argument for an alternate plan for the development of the College of Medicine and Dentistry in Newark’s Central Ward. NAPA led the charge to develop an alternate plan for the College of Medicine and Dentistry that would have originally displaced approximately 20,000 Black and Puerto Rican residents of the Central Ward. — Credit: Junius Williams Collection
R.H. Booker’s Notes on Route 75 (Dec. 3, 1969)-ilovepdf-compressed
Notes from Washington, D.C. activist R.H. Booker on strategies and tactics for fighting the development of Route 75 in Newark. Route 75, an eight lane highway planned to run North to South, would have cut the Central Ward in half and displaced thousands of Black and Puerto Rican residents.
R.H. Booker’s Notes on NAPA Highway Fight (Nov. 23, 1969)-ilovepdf-compressed
Notes from Washington, D.C. activist R.H. Booker on strategies and tactics for fighting the development of Route 75 in Newark. Route 75, an eight lane highway planned to run North to South, would have cut the Central Ward in half and displaced thousands of Black and Puerto Rican residents.
Central Ward Houses in Proposed Urban Renewal Area
These homes in Newark’s Central Ward were demolished for the construction of the New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry. Although the areas designated for urban renewal were declared “blighted” by city officials, there were many homes like these that Black and Puerto Rican homeowners worked hard to purchase and took great pride in improving and upkeeping.
