Kenneth Gibson was elected the first African-American Mayor of the city of Newark in 1970, just 3 years after the Newark Rebellion, inheriting a city that…

As we mark the 50th anniversary of the Newark Rebellion we take a look back at what led up to the incident that would become a defining moment for the…

The Newark Rebellion monument is blocks away from the old 4th precinct, where the riots and protest began. Over one-hundred people gathered to pay their…

Through the 50 years since the Newark Rebellion in 1967, the police version of the story has seldom been told. In 2007, historian and author Adele Oltman…

The Abyssnian Baptist Church hosted a commemoration of the 1967 Newark Rebellion on Tuesday night. The prayer service offered interfaith clergy the…

The fight over the city of Newark’s secretary to the Board of Education appointee in 1967, stemmed from the Mayor promising somebody the job, while the…

There were 163 reported protests, riots, rebellions, and uprisings across the United States in the summer of '67. No communities more impacted than…