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Cover page from the 30th Anniversary journal of Newark’s Luso-American Fraternal Association in 1969. Newark’s Portuguese residents are very committed to their clubs, social organizations, and churches in the East Ward. — Credit: Newark Public Library

Published by the Newark Human Rights Commission in 1963, this report represents “a study, commentary and statistical analysis of the Puerto Rican in Newark with additional statistics of the national Puerto Rican population.” — Credit: Newark Public Library

Published by the Newark Human Rights Commission in 1963, this report represents “a study, commentary and statistical analysis of the Puerto Rican in Newark with additional statistics of the national Puerto Rican population.” — Credit: Newark Public Library

A detailed chronology of the activities of the Essex County Urban League from 1917-1952. The Urban League was one of the most active and influential organizations advocating for African Americans in Newark in the early 1900s. — Credit: Newark Public Library

Article from the Newark Evening News covering the educational career of James Baxter, principal of the first “Colored School” in Newark for 45 years. Baxter was also the first African American principal in Newark’s public school system. — Credit: Newark Public Library

Article from the Newark Evening News detailing the history of segregated schools in the city. The Commerce Street Colored School, the last of Newark’s segregated schools, was disbanded in 1909. — Credit: Newark Public Library

Roster of Newark’s free Black community and property holdings from 1821. Many in Newark’s free Black community were able to amass property, which some used to harbor “fugitive slaves” travelling north on the Underground Railroad. — Credit: Newark Public Library