The National Guard on Springfield Avenue in Newark on July 14, 1967.

Title: The National Guard on Springfield Avenue in Newark on July 14, 1967.
Description: This picture was taken during the Newark Riots, which were sparked by a Black taxi driver beaten by police, but had roots in a long-simmering resentment at a white-dominated city government in a Black-majority city overseeing persistent police brutality and corruption. Fully-armed National Guardsmen were deployed to quell the rioting. Claiming they faced sniper fire from buildings, the soldiers fired indiscriminately, killing 26 Black men, women, and children in all, many of whom were in their own apartments. No Guardsmen were killed, and no snipers were ever found. The Newark riots exemplified how white fear could still lead to Black death, and how the fear of armed resistance could lead mothers standing by their windows, as well as the babies in cradles behind them, to become “legitimate targets.”
Creator: Don Hogan Charles See all items with this value
Publisher: The New York Times
Date: July 14, 1967. See all items with this value
Type: Photograph
Format: PNG file
Subject: Race; riots; Newark; Newark riots; police brutality. See all items with this value
Place: Newark, NJ.
Temporal Coverage: July, 1967
Rights Holder: The New York Times
Rights: Fair Use

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