Map from the United Community Corporation (UCC) Program Report of 1965-1966 showing the locations of the UCC’s Area Boards in Newark. According to Executive Director Cyril Tyson, the Area Board districts generally conformed to the ward boundaries, which “made it seem that some parallel potentially political structure was being set up in Newark.” — Credit: Newark Public Library
Pamphlet distributed by the League of Women’s Voters of Newark containing information and profiles on candidates for the 1954 Municipal Election. The 1954 elections were the first to be held under Newark’s new mayor and council form of government and resulted in the election of Newark’s first African American elected official, Irvine I. Turner. — Credit: Newark Public Library
Statistics on voter registration and voter turnout by ward in 1937, compiled by staff of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The chart attempts to show racial and ethnic voting patterns based upon population percentages in each of Newark’s 16 wards. — Credit: New Jersey Historical Society
