The Governor’s Select Commission on Civil Disorders, State of New Jersey, 1967-68

Oct
6

The Rutgers Institute on Ethnicity, Culture, and the Modern Experience presents:

Panel Discussion to Re-Visit The Governor’s Select Commission on Civil Disorders, State of New Jersey, 1967-68

Created originally in response to the Riots of ’67, The Governor’s Select Commission on Civil Disorders, State of New Jersey, 1967-68 was led by Stanford Jaffe and made up of civic and corporate leaders who produced a report on Newark’s poverty, race relations, and economic status concluding with recommendations for change. Many of the people who served on this commission are still alive and will be invited to serve on this panel. This will be an historic opportunity to re-visit the recommendations made in 1968 and see where we are now.

Dates, Location & Info

Date
Oct 6
Address
Newark Museum, 49 Washington St.

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