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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
Operation Understanding Newsletter on Stella Wright Rent Strike (June 1973)
Press release on the Stella Wright Rent Strike, issued in June 1973 by Operation Understanding. Operation Understanding was an interracial community organization of suburban and urban residents founded after the 1967 rebellion to address problems in Newark. — Credit: Seton Hall University Libraries
The Stella Wright Rent Strike and the Greater Newark Urban Coalition
Booklet published by the National Urban Coalition, covering the Stella Wright Rent Strike and the roles played by the Greater Newark Urban Coalition in negotiating the strike’s settlement. In April 1970, tenants in the high-rise building began a rent strike to force building repairs that lasted four years. — Credit: Newark Public Library
