When Newark police arrested and beat a Black taxi driver during a routine traffic stop on July 12, 1967, the incident ignited long-simmering tensions in the city’s Black neighborhoods, triggering ...

NEWARK, New Jersey — For years, Liz Del Tufo refused to follow white friends and neighbors who fled New Jersey in droves after deadly July 1967 riots that left the city of Newark in ruins. Half a ...

My name is Deborah Hurdle , my maiden name was Deborah Jackson. I lived at 67 Mercer St. in Newark. I was 3 years old when I was shot during the riots. We lived on the seventh floor in the projects.

An in-depth look at The Newark Riots, a conflict that forever changed life in the area. This feature-length documentary offers a chilling look at the long-term effects of urban conflict on a city, its ...

Integration -- The central ward and the rites of the public sphere -- Double V in New Jersey -- The construction of integration -- The limits of interracail activism -- Brutal realities and the roots ...