Sidewalk view of “slum” housing in Newark. Housing discrimination in the city segregated Newark’s Black communities to areas where this type of housing predominated. — Credit: WPA Photographs, New Jersey State Archives
Sidewalk view of “slum” housing in Newark. Housing discrimination in the city segregated Newark’s Black communities to areas where this type of housing predominated. — Credit: WPA Photographs, New Jersey State Archives
Report by Works Progress Administration staff writers in the 1930s describing the housing conditions faced by Newark’s African American communities . — Credit: NJ State Archives
A look inside the apartment of an African American family at 22 Clayton Street in Newark. — Credit: WPA Photographs, NJ State Archives
A look inside the apartment of an African American family at 22 Clayton Street in Newark. — Credit: WPA Photographs, NJ State Archives
Photo of an African American couple inside their apartment at 22 Clayton Street. — Credit: WPA Photographs, NJ State Archives
Report on the scrapbook of Mr. Rucki, a prominent Polish politician and leader in Newark, written by staff of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The WPA employed millions during the Great Depression through projects such as ethnological surveys of major cities like Newark. — Credit: New Jersey State Archives
Transcript of an interview with Mr. Rucki, a Polish immigrant to Newark, conducted by staff of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The WPA employed millions during the Great Depression through projects such as ethnological surveys of major cities like Newark. — Credit: New Jersey State Archives
