segregation
Last of Segregated Schools in City Abandoned in 1909 (Newark Evening News- Feb 12, 1967
Article from the Newark Evening News detailing the history of segregated schools in the city. The Commerce Street Colored School, the last of Newark’s segregated schools, was disbanded in 1909. — Credit: Newark Public Library
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
Letter from Clergy in Support of Kawaida Towers (undated)
Undated letter from Newark clergy urging the support of their congregations for the Kawaida Towers housing project. Kawaida Towers, a high-rise housing project that Baraka planned to build in Newark’s predominantly white North Ward, was met by fierce opposition from white residents and politicians. — Credit: Seton Hall University Libraries
Operation Understanding Newsletter on Stella Wright Tenant Strike (Jan 18, 1972)
Press release on the Stella Wright Rent Strike, issued on January 18, 1972 by Operation Understanding, a community organization in Newark. Tenants in the high-rise building began a rent strike in April 1970 to force building repairs. The strike lasted four years and was the longest in the nation’s history. — Credit: Newark Public Library
Frank Megaro Campaign Flyer on Kawaida Towers (1974)
Campaign flyer for North Ward City Council candidate Frank Megaro in 1974, stating his positions on the proposed Kawaida Towers housing project in the North Ward. Kawaida Towers, a communal public housing project conceived by Amiri Baraka, was met with fierce opposition in the predominantly white North Ward where it was supposed to be constructed. — Credit: Newark Public Library
Campaign Flyer Against Kawaida Towers and Marie Villani (1978)
Campaign flyer from the 1978 Newark City Council election, opposing the re-election of Marie Villani, because she voted in favor of the Kawaida Towers housing project in the North Ward. Kawaida Towers, a communal public housing project conceived by Amiri Baraka, was met with fierce opposition in the predominantly white North Ward where it was supposed to be constructed. — Credit: Newark Public Library
Anthony Carrino Campaign Flyer on Kawaida Towers (1974)
Campaign flyer for North Ward City Council candidate Anthony Carrino in 1974, stating his positions on the proposed Kawaida Towers housing project in the North Ward. Kawaida Towers, a communal public housing project conceived by Amiri Baraka, was met with fierce opposition in the predominantly white North Ward where it was supposed to be constructed. — Credit: Newark Public Library
Anthony Imperiale and Amiri Baraka at Meeting (1972)
Assemblyman Anthony Imperiale and poet Imamu Amiri Baraka (holding microphone) both arrive at a meeting regarding the Kawaida Towers housing project on Nov. 10,1972 in Newark. (AP Photo)
Vandalism at the Kawaida Towers Construction Site (Jan 6, 1973)
Vandalism on signs at buildings at the construction site of Kawaida Towers in Newark’s North Ward, reading: “Kawaida Means Trouble”; “We Don’t Want Slums”; “Boot Hill: RIP North Ward.” The multi-family housing project proposed by Amiri Baraka was met with fierce resistance from the North Ward’s predominantly white population and was never completed. — Credit: The Daily Worker
