View of a storefront church in Newark. Countless storefront churches popped up in northern cities in the 20th century as African American populations left the South during the Great Migrations. — Credit: WPA Photographs, NJ State Archives
Report on German populations of Newark, as compiled by Works Progress Administration (WPA) staff in the 1930s. The WPA employed millions during the Great Depression through projects such as ethnological surveys of major cities like Newark. — Credit: New Jersey State Archives
