The museum will also be headquarters for the Office of Violence Prevention and Trauma Recovery
newark riots
Protests in Newark come at a critical time as the city begins the process of reopening after being devastated by COVID-19.
In cities coast to coast, protesters clashed with police over the killing of George Floyd. Newark says 3,500 turned out for Saturday’s rally and peaceful ...
Many view the 1967 riots, alternatively called a rebellion, in Newark as the city’s low point, prompting whites to flee in droves for the neighboring ...
Newark's first black mayor laid the foundation for the city's renaissance.
Gibson served four terms as Newark mayor, from 1970 to 1986, and was the first black man to lead a major Northeast city.
Sub par housing, bank redlining and meager educational opportunities were some of the conditions that lead to the five days of rioting that occurred in ...
Witnesses reflect on the events that took place in Newark in the summer of 1967 and what's changed in the 50 years since.
The Bridgegate mastermind David Wildstein gets a light sentence for helping prosecutors. What did he say about Gov. Christie? Marking the anniversary of five days ...
Mahwah Township is taking the Ramapough Lenape Nation to court. The issue: ancient land use versus modern conservation law. Losses in the Legislature and on ...
Ryan Haygood, president and CEO of the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice and a member of the federal monitoring team overseeing the Newark Police ...
People in Exxon's contamination zone air their grievances over a deal that lets the oil company pay a fraction of the clean-up costs and get ...
This week marks the 45th anniversary of the corruption trial of former Newark Mayor Hugh Addonizio, the first of its kind in New Jersey. The ...
Productivity in a pill? Not so say drug free advocacy groups. Transforming cool senior projects to start-ups -- the next generation of innovators. And coops ...
Author and scholar Junius Williams speaks about the similarities and differences between the Baltimore riots today and the Newark riots of 1967 and where the ...
Former Newark Mayor Sharpe James says he was made the poster boy by Chris Christie when the governor was U.S. Attorney.
Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura likes the changes to drug laws which will treat offenders. He also says using halfway houses are good for the ...
CEO of the International Youth Organization Carolyn Thompson-Wallace says she's disappointed with the lack of change after the Newark riots 45 years ago.