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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
Committee For Unified Newark Pamphlet (1972)
Pamphlet distributed by the Committee For Unified Newark (CFUN) in 1972, outlining the major programs, projects, teachings, and ideologies of the organization. CFUN was a cultural nationalist organization established in 1968 by Amiri Baraka aimed at achieving Black political power in Newark. — Credit: The Black Power Movement, Pt. 1 (microfilm)
Flyer for Congress of Afrikan People Events (1975)
Flyer for upcoming events sponsored by the Congress of Afrikan People (CAP) in November 1975. The Congress of Afrikan People was founded in 1970 as a Pan-African, nationalist organization that promoted black political empowerment, with its headquarters in Newark, NJ. — Credit: Newark Public Library
Unity and Struggle (February 1979)
Volume 8, Number 1-2 of Unity and Struggle, the national newspaper of the Revolutionary Communist League (formerly the Congress of Afrikan People), published in February 1979. Unity and Struggle was one of several media outlets developed by Amiri Baraka to promote Black cultural nationalism in Newark and the nation. — Credit: NYU Tamiment Library
Unity and Struggle (V 3, No 3 March 1974)
Volume 3, Number 3 of Unity and Struggle, the national newspaper of the Congress of Afrikan People (CAP), published in March 1974. Unity and Struggle was one of several media outlets developed by Amiri Baraka to promote Black cultural nationalism in Newark and the nation. — Credit: NYU Tamiment Library
Unity and Struggle (V 3, No 2 February-March 1974)
Volume 3, Number 2 of Unity and Struggle, the national newspaper of the Congress of Afrikan People (CAP), published in February-March 1974. Unity and Struggle was one of several media outlets developed by Amiri Baraka to promote Black cultural nationalism in Newark and the nation. This was the first edition of the national newspaper, after replacing the local Black NewArk. — Credit: NYU Tamiment Library
Black NewArk (V 3, No 1 January-February 1974)
Volume 3, Number 1 of Black NewArk, the local newspaper of the Committee For Unified Newark (CFUN), published in January-February 1974. Black NewArk was one of several media outlets developed by Amiri Baraka to promote Black cultural nationalism in Newark and the nation. This was the final edition of Black NewArk before the newspaper changed to the national paper, Unity and Struggle. — Credit: NYU Tamiment Library
Black NewArk (V 1, No 9 September 1972)
Volume 1, Number 9 of Black NewArk, the local newspaper of the Committee For Unified Newark (CFUN), published in September 1972. Black NewArk was one of several media outlets developed by Amiri Baraka to promote Black cultural nationalism in Newark and the nation. — Credit: NYU Tamiment Library
Connie Woodruff and Bernice Bass
Connie Woodruff presents an award to Bernice Bass at the Crispus Attucks Luncheon at the Downtown Hilton. The event was sponsored by the Essex County Civic League. –Credit: Newark Public Library
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