Press release issued by Amiri Baraka’s Temple of Kawaida in late 1972 announcing the ruling of Judge Irwin Kimmelman in favor of tax abatement for Kawaida Towers. 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: The Black Power Movement, Pt. 1 (microfilm)
Press release issued by Amiri Baraka’s Temple of Kawaida on October 8, 1972 to announce the groundbreaking ceremonies for Kawaida Towers. Kawaida Towers was a high-rise housing project that Baraka planned to build in Newark’s predominantly white North Ward. — Credit: The Black Power Movement, Pt. 1 (microfilm)
Brief article written around 1974 by a member of the Committee For Unified Newark providing an overview and analysis of the struggle to build Kawaida Towers. The article explains the political significance of the development of Kawaida Towers for CFUN and CAP’s larger vision of community development and political power. — Credit: The Black Power Movement, Pt. 1 (microfilm)
Booklet written by Amiri Baraka, titled “Strategy and Tactics of a Pan African Nationalist Party,” and published by the Committee For Unified Newark (CFUN). CFUN was a cultural nationalist organization established in 1968 by Amiri Baraka aimed at achieving Black political power in Newark. — Credit: The Black Power Movement, Pt. 1 (microfilm)
Educational Proposal created by the Committee For Unified Newark to establish an “Experimental College” in Newark’s Black community. CFUN was a cultural nationalist organization established in 1968 by Amiri Baraka aimed at achieving Black political power in Newark. — Credit: Amiri Baraka Papers, Columbia University Libraries
Flyer for a 1978 conference on “Black Writing” at Rutgers University-Newark, featuring Richard Wesley, Nathan Heard, Claude Brown, and Amiri Baraka. The conference was sponsored by “Unity and Struggle,” the newspaper of the Revolutionary Communist League, a political organization formerly known as the Congress of Afrikan People. — Credit: Newark Public Library
Volume 8, Number 1-2 of Unity and Struggle, the national newspaper of the Revolutionary Communist League (formerly the Congress of Afrikan People), published in February 1979. 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
Volume 8, Number 4-9 of Unity and Struggle, the national newspaper of the Revolutionary Communist League (formerly the Congress of Afrikan People), published in September 1979. 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
Volume 7, Number 8-10 of Unity and Struggle, the national newspaper of the Revolutionary Communist League (formerly the Congress of Afrikan People), published in October 1978. 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
Volume 7, Number 2-4 of Unity and Struggle, the national newspaper of the Revolutionary Communist League (formerly the Congress of Afrikan People), published in April 1978. 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
