vandalism
First Annual Report of the Relocation Review Board (1972)
First Annual Report of the Newark Relocation Review Board from 1972. The Relocation Review Board was formed as a result of the 1968 Medical School Agreements as an ombudsman and watchdog agency to prevent relocation abuses from urban renewal developments. — Credit: Barbara Kukla Papers, Newark Public Library
Frank Megaro Campaign Flyer on Kawaida Towers (1974)
Campaign flyer for North Ward City Council candidate Frank Megaro in 1974, stating his positions on the proposed Kawaida Towers housing project in the North Ward. Kawaida Towers, a communal public housing project conceived by Amiri Baraka, was met with fierce opposition in the predominantly white North Ward where it was supposed to be constructed. — Credit: Newark Public Library
Campaign Flyer Against Kawaida Towers and Marie Villani (1978)
Campaign flyer from the 1978 Newark City Council election, opposing the re-election of Marie Villani, because she voted in favor of the Kawaida Towers housing project in the North Ward. Kawaida Towers, a communal public housing project conceived by Amiri Baraka, was met with fierce opposition in the predominantly white North Ward where it was supposed to be constructed. — Credit: Newark Public Library
Anthony Carrino Campaign Flyer on Kawaida Towers (1974)
Campaign flyer for North Ward City Council candidate Anthony Carrino in 1974, stating his positions on the proposed Kawaida Towers housing project in the North Ward. Kawaida Towers, a communal public housing project conceived by Amiri Baraka, was met with fierce opposition in the predominantly white North Ward where it was supposed to be constructed. — Credit: Newark Public Library
Anthony Imperiale and Amiri Baraka at Meeting (1972)
Assemblyman Anthony Imperiale and poet Imamu Amiri Baraka (holding microphone) both arrive at a meeting regarding the Kawaida Towers housing project on Nov. 10,1972 in Newark. (AP Photo)
Vandalism at the Kawaida Towers Construction Site (Jan 6, 1973)
Vandalism on signs at buildings at the construction site of Kawaida Towers in Newark’s North Ward, reading: “Kawaida Means Trouble”; “We Don’t Want Slums”; “Boot Hill: RIP North Ward.” The multi-family housing project proposed by Amiri Baraka was met with fierce resistance from the North Ward’s predominantly white population and was never completed. — Credit: The Daily Worker
Protests at Kawaida Construction Site (Nov 27, 1973)
“Flag-carrying demonstrators march in front of Kawaida Towers work site here 2/27, the low and middle-income highrise in Newark’s mainly white North Ward. The black-sponsored project has added another chapter to the racial strife plaguing New Jersey’s most populous city.” — Credit: UPI/The Daily Worker
Protests at Kawaida Construction Site (Feb 22, 1973)
“Crowd moves into street and away from alley opposite Kawaida Towers construction site after brawl between some two dozen white opponents of the apartment and six black supporters. Two policemen were injured and three blacks were arrested.” — Credit: UPI/The Daily Worker
Picketers Block Workers at Kawaida Towers Construction Site
“Newark police attempted 11/27 to escort laborers through a crowd of 300 angry pickets to the North Ward building site of Kawaida Towers, a high rise backed by black nationalist Imamu Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones). The workers left after two tries at getting them through the crowd failed.” — Credit: UPI/The Daily Worker
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