Newark Rebellion Collection

Box #1: Draft of history of the rebellion by Essex Catholic High School students; local press accounts [SEE ALSO IF and Newark News Morgue files]; Essex County Grand Jury, "Findings and action taken in their investigation of 26 deaths occurring during the civil disturbances in Newark, July 13 through July 18, 1967."; "Riot in their Hearts," by John Winslow (Suburban Life, 1967, 3 copies); Fliers; Rev. Estelle David, "How My Life Changed in 1967," a reminiscence of Newark in the 1960s and the Newark riots (2017) three items donated by Bill Duffy, a seminarian at Queen of Angels church during the unrest (flyer for a rally protesting "police brutality," "Aide Walk for Unrest" armband, bullet found near Springfield Avenue); "Newark: The Predictable Insurrection" (Life Magazine cover story, July 28, 1967, full magazine)

Box #2: The 1967 Newark Riot and Mass Society: An Analysis of the Representation of Collective Action," by Narcisco Antonio Ortiz (Drew University BA honors thesis, 1997); "A Special Supplement: The Occupation of Newark," Tom Hayden (New York Review of Books, Aug 24, 1967); "Race Riots of 1967, An Analysis of Police Violence in Detroit and Newark," by Albert Bergesen (Journal of Black Studies, Mar 1982, 2 copies); "When Newark Burned," by John J. Sivolella (New Jersey Reporter, Jul/Aug 1992, 2 copies); "A Study of Ghetto Rioters," by Nathan S. Caplan and Jeffery M. Paige (Scientific American, 1968); "The Challenge of Crime in a Free Society" by Bruce J. Terris (New Jersey Municipalities, Feb 1968, 2 copies) ; "The Mayors Speak on Disorders" [Hugh Addonizio of Newark and Austin N. Volk of Englewood, NJ] (Conference Quarterly, undated, first page only); "Fighting the 'Blight' (or Urban Resistance to Authoritarian Social Change)," unsigned (ca. 1967, mimeographed); Binder labeled "Stanley B. Winters" with material on a conference, "An Assessment of Newark 1967-1977," held at NJIT. ; Behind the Violence in Newark: Anatomy of a Riot," by Ralph Whitehead (Commonweal, Aug 11, 1967) NOTE: Testimonies of witnesses (copies) to the Essex County Grand Jury missing. "Struggle on Springfield" A Walking Tour, NJ Historical Society, (undated).

Box #3:“Newark-Symbol of Sickness”, Daily Challenger, March 8, 1973; “Newark: ‘Real Sink Hole’”, The Evening Times, March 6,1973 “Last of Three Parts”, Trenton Times, March 8, 1973; “Newark: This Time It’s Gibson’s Problem” ,New York Post, September 7, 1974 “Newark A City On An Upswing” , Greater Newark Chamber of Commerce, January 26, 1975 “Newark-The “Worst” City in the U.S.”, Southam Wire, May 6, 1975 “Where is Newark Headed?”, New York Times, May 28, 1975 “Newark-‘Renaissance’ City”, Encore American and Worldwide News, June 9, 1975 “Newark Remains a City of Fighters”, Baltimore Sun, October 14, 1975 “Cry the Beloved City-A New Newark is Taking Form”, New York Times, January 23, 1977 “Things Looking up in Newark” New York Daily News, April 22, 1977 “City Rises From Ashes of Fury 10 Years Ago”, Toledo Blade, July 7, 1977 “Newark One Decade Later”, Stanley B. Winters, July 10, 1977 “Newark Riots Leave Imprint”, The Daily Journal, July 11, 1977 “Conditions that Caused Newark Riots Eased, But Still Exist”, The Daily Journal, July 12, 1977 “Life Remains Hard Struggle for Most Newark Residents”, The Daily Journal, July 13, 1977 “Newark Fights Hard to Halt Exodus of Private Enterprises”, The Daily Journal, July 14, 1977 “Riots Changed Lives of Many”, The Daily Journal, July 15, 1977 “Newark Since ’67 Riots: Hope and Despair”, New York Times, July 12, 1977 “Government Can’t Solve it All, Gibson Says”, Daily News, July 13, 1977 “A New Newark”, Encore American and Worldwide News, September 12, 1977 “1977 Social Report”, Response Clearinghouse on Corporate Social Responsibility, November 1977 “Newark, The Lively Melting Pot”, New York Times, January 5, 1978 “Is Newark the Nation’s Armpit?”, Tucson Citizen, March 18, 1978 “Newark Joins the Big Parade”, New York Times July 30, 1978 “Newark A Series of Four Articles”, The Star Ledger, December 24-27, 1978 “Newark Won’t Fall Because it Isn’t Dead”, Cleveland Plain Dealer, December 26, 1978 “Revival of Riot-Torn Newark: Best-Kept Urban Secret”, The Washington Post Writers Group, March 4, 1979 “Summer of Rage - Riots of ‘67”, Miami Herald, 1979 “Decay, Rebirth Clash in Newark”, Atlantic City Press, June 8, 1982 “Poverty-laden Newark Awaits its ‘renaissance’” , Miami Herald, March 14, 1983 “Newark: A Metaphor for Decay”, Asbury Park Press, May 8, 1983 “An Alternative Image of Newark”, New York Times Magazine, November 27, 1983 “A Jewish Neighborhood No Longer”, Asbury Park Press, January 8, 1984 “How All Cities Stack Up “, USA Today, February 28, 1985 “Monitoring Vital Signs in Newark”, New York Times, October 28, 1985 “Politics in Newark, N.J.: Indictments on Parade”, Kansas City Business Journal, September 11, 1985 “Newark: Ailing City on the Mend”, New York Times, November 3, 1985 “Newark is Trying to Reverse Decline”, New York Times, November 10, 1985 “Signs of Life in a City Given Up for Dead”, Letter From Newark, September 25, 1985 “On the Mend”, Garden State Report, December 25, 1985 “Newark’s Image Perception of a City on an Upturn”, Star Ledger, January 26, 1986 “Living in New York’s Shadow”, New Jersey Reporter, February 1986 “Redeveloped Downtown Portends Turnaround”, City and State, February 1986 “Newark The Long Road Back, a Series of articles”, The Asbury Park Press, April 6-12, 1986 “Economic Hopes Rising Amid Newark Troubles”, New York Times, May 5, 1986 “Gibson’s 16-Year Tenure Garners Mixed Notices“, New York Times, May 10, 1986 “Newark Portrait of a City”, Bergen Record, June 22, 1986 “New Newark”, New Jersey Business, undated “Wounds of ’67 Riots Fester in Newark”, Miami Herald, July 19, 1987 “Newark Fights ‘Sickest City’ Image”, Los Angeles Times, August 19, 1979 “Newark: Microcosm of Society Adrift”, Stanley B. Winters, October 14, 1979 “Newark 67’ Riot - Leads to Better Life for Some, But Problems Remain”, Wall Street Journal, October 15, 1980 “Newark Fights for a Future”, The Bergen Record, May 5, 1981 “Newark: Are the 80’s on Its Side?”, New York Times, May 5, 1981 “Running in Place in Newark”, The Philadelphia Inquirer, May10, 1982 “For the Love of Newark”, San Francisco Chronicle, September 21, 1987 “Jersey: Self-Esteem, Economic Strength Sprouting in Garden State”, Los Angeles Times, July 6, 1987