Social Mvmts: The Newark Riots
Racial inequality was the cause of the 1967 Newark Riots. Blacks weren't represented in government and police brutality was rampant. On 7/12, after an incident of police brutality, people began gathering for a protest but it soon spiraled into a riot. In the end, 26 people were dead. Reporter Andrew Jacobs wrote, "To the..white residents who later abandoned Newark..it was a riot; for the black activists who gained a toehold in City Hall in the years that followed, it was a rebellion."
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National Guardsmen wielding rifles with bayonets advanced along Springfield Avenue in Newark on 7-14-1967. 23 people were killed & 700 injured in the turmoil. Andrew Jacobs of the NYT writes, "To the frightened white residents who later abandoned Newark by the tens of thousands, it was a riot; for the black activists who gained a toehold in City Hall in the years that followed, it was a rebellion." [click on this image for a short clip and analysis on the politics of framing social struggles]
This is the scene of a fire at Broad and Branford Streets in Newark during the riots. The building was occupied by the New Jersey Beauty Culture Academy, the Rite Aid Pharmacy, Jordan Jewelers, Hartley's Gifts & Luggage and Lawman's Men's Apparel, July 13, 1967. Photo credit: The Star-Ledger File Photo
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