Revolution ’67  April 10, 2013

Rutgers School of Law, Newark, NJ

"Newark: 45 Years After Unrest,"

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CHANGES TO NEWARK SINCE 1967 RIOTS SUBJECT OF SYMPOSIUM By John Abbott, WBGO News Newark. April 11, 2013 Documentary filmmaker and panelist Jerome Bongiorno, whose 2007 film “Revolution ’67” examined the riots incited by the alleged killing of a Black taxi driver named John Smith by two white police offcers,  says job creation is the critical issue. "It’s an emergency. It’s like the Depression of the 20s and 30s, where people are suffering and you can’t wait for businesses to move themselves in…you can’t wait for a developer,  you can’t wait for store owners. That’s what City Hall needs to do for Newark to get the people out of its misery:  28 per cent poverty rate—is to create jobs." Rutgers_Law_School_files/April%2011,%202013%20ECONOMIC%20AND%20SOCIAL%20CHANGE.pdf

L to R: The Rutgers Race and The Law Review's Mary O'Sullivan, Craig Long and Alba Aviles (far right), Rutgers historian Dr. Clement Price, La Casa de don Pedro Exec. Dir. Ray Ocasion, Newark City Council Mildred Crump, filmmakers Jerome & Marylou Bongiorno, Newark Deputy Mayor Adam Zipkin, and Center for Collaborative Change Exec. Dir. Laurel Dumont.      Photo Credit: Jason Ye, Rutgers School of Law-Newark