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1967 Newark Riots

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    African Americans feel powerless

    in the period leading up to the riots( police racial profiling, redlining, and lack of opportunity of education, training, and jobs) led local African American residents to feel powerless and disenfranchised.
  • Pope Paul VI announced his Apolistic Constitution and also declared this day a "world peace" day

    Pope Paul VI announced his Apolistic Constitution and also declared this day a "world peace" day

  • Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. called the Vietnam War the biggest ostacle to the civil rights movement

    Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. called the Vietnam War the biggest ostacle to the civil rights movement

  • Interracial Marriages are accepted

    Interracial Marriages are accepted

    The Us Supreme Courts ruled Anti-Miscegenation laws to be unconstitutional.
  • Riot containment

    Riot containment

    In an attempt to contain the riots, every evening at 6pm the Bridge street and Jackson Street Bridges, both of which span the Passiac River between Newark and Harrison, were closed until the next morning
  • The Newark riot in 1967

    The Newark riot in 1967

    Newark riots were a major civil disturbance that occured in Newark, NJ Bewtween July 12- July 17th 1967.
  • Riot's leading to death

    Riot's leading to death

    27 people were killed as a result of the Newark riot
  • Poor population

    Poor population

    Indusrty and white middle class fled the city of newark, and left behind a poor population