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
A collection of newsclippings from the Newark Evening News in the 1960s covering the political career of Larrie West Stalks. –Credit: Junius Williams Collection
Letter from the Newark Area Planning Association (NAPA) to John Kohl, Commissioner of the NJ Dept. of Transportation, regarding the planned development of Route 75 in Newark. The letter is signed by several members of the Community Transportation Coalition, a group formed to unite civil rights organizations in the fight against the highway development. 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.
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.
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.
Correspondence between Margaret Burns (Presbyterian Community Center), David J. Goldberg (NJ Commissioner of Transportation), Aaron Lambert, (Dept. of Housing and Urban Development), and James Hyde (NJ Dept. of Transportation) regarding the planning and construction processes for Route 75 in Newark. Also included in the correspondence is a Feb. 24, 1969 policy statement from Commissioner Goldberg regarding the suspension of property acquisitions for the development of Route 75.
Map of the proposed Route 75, an eight lane highway planned to run North to South, which would have cut the Central Ward in half and displaced thousands of Black and Puerto Rican residents. Written on the maps are names of organizers responsible for gathering plaintiffs in different neighborhoods to file suit and seek an injunction against the project.
Statement prepared by Junius Williams, head of the Newark Area Planning Association (NAPA), to encourage community support for the fight against Route 75 as Newark prepared for a landmark 1970 mayoral election. 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, thereby eliminating them from the voting rolls of the Central Ward.
Newsletter of the Emergency Committee to Stop Route 75, a Newark Area Planning Association (NAPA) initiative, to spread information about the proposed highway and the efforts to stop its construction. 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.
