When Newark police arrested and beat a Black taxi driver during a routine traffic stop on July 12, 1967, the incident ignited ...
Monday, February 9 at 4:30 p.m. – WLIW (NJ PBS HDTV) Media seeking an NJCU faculty or staff member as a subject expert are ...
People who want to compare divisiveness in the U.S. today with pre-Civil War America haven't read enough antebellum history. And people who would hold up 1930s Nazi Germany as the comparison model ...
Brian O’Hara, who took over a troubled police force and has spent years rebuilding community trust, fears the long-term ...
Back in 2016, New Jersey Stage spoke with filmmaker Kevin McLaughlin about a film called Riot, which was starting to have screenings at film festivals. The film told the story of the Newark riots of ...
The post A Mississippi Synagogue Was Attacked in 1967 and 2026. The Antisemitic Rhetoric Looked the Same Then and Now.
The Sixties dream of peace and love ended among rancour, blood, and broken ideals in the burnt-orange dusk of 1969’s final days ...
In 1969, a daring rock performance sparked outrage, ignited political fury, and ended with a lifetime ban for its flamboyant keyboardist ...