stella wright tenant association

Transcript of Court Proceedings Against Toby Henry and Tom Comerford (Jan 31, 1973)

Transcript of court proceedings during the trial of Stella Wright Rent Strike leaders Toby Henry and Rev. Thomas Comerford. The two tenant leaders were found guilty of contempt of court for re-distributing withheld rent back to tenants, rather than turning it over to the Newark Housing Authority which had failed to make repairs to the buildings. Henry and Comerford were sentenced to 45 days. — Credit: Seton Hall University Libraries

The New Stella Wright Handbook (1975)

Handbook for residents of the Stella Wright Homes, issued in 1975 following the settlement of the Stella Wright Rent Strike. The handbook includes a copy of the 1974 agreement, as well as diagrams of the organizational structure of the Stella Wright Tenant Association. — Credit: Seton Hall University Libraries

The 60 Day Interim Rent Strike Settlement (May 31, 1973)

Statement summarizing the progress and developments following a temporary settlement agreement reached by the Newark Housing Authority and the striking tenants of Newark’s public housing projects during the Stella Wright Rent Strike. The agreement was reached in April 1973, but quickly fell through after the NHA failed to uphold their end of the bargain. The document also includes a copy of the 60-day agreement. — 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

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

Gus Heningburg and Stell Wright Tenant

Gus Heningburg (left), president of the Greater Newark Urban Coalition, looks out the window of the Stella Wright Homes with a tenant of the building. Heningburg played a key role in negotiating the settlement of the four-year rent strike led by the Stella Wright Tenants Association. — Credit: Newark Public Library

Girl Inside Stella Wright Apartment (July 1972)

Eight-year-old Evelyn Ormond looks up at the crumbling wall in the bathroom of her family’s apartment in the Stella Wright Homes public housing project in 1972. 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

Girl Inside Stella Wright Apartment, 2 (July 1972)

Eight-year-old Evelyn Ormond looks up at an exposed, rusted, leaking pipe in the bathroom of her family’s apartment in the Stella Wright Homes public housing project. 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

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Unity and Struggle (V 3, No 3 March 1974)

Volume 3, Number 3 of Unity and Struggle, the national newspaper of the Congress of Afrikan People (CAP), published in March 1974. 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