willard heckel Archives - The North

Newark Police Dept Report on Willie Wright (Capt Charles Kinney)

Report submitted by Newark Police Captain Charles Kinney, regarding his “Investigation Into Possible Criminal Conspiracy During Riots of July 1967.” Wright was one of several figures under surveillance from the Newark Police Department before and after the 1967 Newark Rebellion. The report relied mostly on word-of-mouth accounts from informants, with little hard evidence to support its allegations. — Credit: Seton Hall University Libraries

Letter from Puerto Rican Organization to Malcolm Talbott (March 10, 1969)

Letter from the Puerto Rican Organization to Rutgers University Vice President Malcolm D. Talbott, demanding that the University act to meet the needs of the Puerto Rican community. –Credit: John Cotton Dana Library, Rutgers University-Newark

Phil Hutchings Letter of Resignation from UCC (April 15, 1967)

Letter from Phil Hutchings to United Community Corporation (UCC) Trustees giving notice of his resignation from the organization. Hutchings cites fundamental differences in understandings and analyses of poverty and power as his primary reasons for resigning from the anti-poverty program. –Credit: Newark Public Library

Clinton Hill Neighborhood Council Newsletter (June 15, 1956)

“Neighborhood News” was the newsletter of the Clinton Hill Neighborhood Council (CHNC), formed in the early 1950s. The CHNC fought against urban renewal and for fair and equal municipal services for homeowners in the Clinton Hill section of Newark. — Credit: Newark Public Library