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 ...
On July 12, 1967, a rumor that police had beaten a black cabdriver to death triggered five days of looting and rioting in Newark, N.J. Newark... Newark Mayor Ras Baraka On The 1967 Riots STEVE INSKEEP ...
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 ...
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