Newark History
This football player was the first Black player at Rutgers and a two time All-American
What is Paul Robeson
His career spanning nearly 52 years with poetry that ranges from themes of anti-Black racism to Black liberation, this American writer passed at age 79 and is the late father of the Mayor of Newark
What is Amiri Baraka
This park is the oldest county park in the United States and is home to the nation’s most diverse collection of cherry blossom trees
What is Branch Brook Park
Thousands of protestors took to Newark’s streets during the summer of 2020, many venting anger and frustration from this Black Minnesota man being murdered by a police officer
What is George Floyd
Founded as South Side High School in 1914, this school was renamed in 1972 in memory of Malcolm X
What is Malcolm X Shabazz High School
This popular nickname for the City of Newark derived from the tall, brick buildings that the city erected as affordable housing for residents in the 1970s
What is Brick City
An organization and movement committed to empowering women through media hosts its annual award show in Newark and digitally on BET each year
What is Black Girls Rock
Offering seedlings and support to Greater Newark’s urban farms and communities, this organization located on Prince St promotes environmental stewardship to improve the quality of life of residents
What is Greater Newark Conservancy
In 2015, about 1,000 students walked out of their schools and gathered at city hall in protest of _____
What is the state’s control over the district
Newark being the third district to be taken over by the state following Jersey City in 1989 and Paterson in 1991, Newark finally regained full control of its school system in what year
What is 2017
Racial tensions between the Black community and the mostly white Newark police force led to this disastrous moment and year in history, which ended in 26 deaths, 1,100 wounded, and $10 million in property damage
What is Newark Riots - 1967
This 23 year old boxer and Newark native headlined his first card at Prudential Center in Newark in 2019
What is Shakur Stevenson
Created from former farmlands, a racetrack and swampland, this park became a major recreational draw for families ‘moving up’ into newly built residential section of Newark’s southern outskirts
What is Weequahic Park
West Ward residents protested against an electrical switching station being built in Fairmount but later reached a compromise to work with this company to build an Art Wall mural on Littleton and Central Avenue
What is PSE&G
This Newark native sings a song, Greatest Love of All that’s often sang at children’s graduation and moving up ceremonies
What is Whitney Houston
Built in 1925, this historical building is NJ’s biggest and oldest showcase for the arts and entertainment programming
What is Newark Symphony Hall
One of the largest free outdoor music festivals in the region with an average annual audience of 60,00 attendees, this festival would’ve hit its 16th year if not for the pandemic
What is Lincoln Park Music Festival
This Newark high school is currently building a 1-Acre Urban Farm with hopes to combine environmental agribusiness and nutrition education
What is West Side High School
An estimated 100,000 people in Essex County live in food insecure households. From June 2020 until August 2020, 9 residents in this local neighborhood took the lead in distributing food to other Newark residents on their block
What is Clinton Hill
Typically known as a Parent Teacher Association or PTA Board, many Newark schools adopt the use of the acronym PTSO or PTSA which stands for what
What is Parent Teacher Student Organization or Parent Teacher Student Association