• 1967
• July
• riots
• police
• Newark
• New Jersey
• Lyndon B. Johnson

Newark, New Jersey - Black American bystanders began civil unrest after two white (Italian) Newark police workers arrested a Black American man. Up to that point, it was the most violent civil disturbance of 1967.

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• 1982
• July
• entertainment
• music
• Englewood
• New Jersey
• Ronald Reagan

Englewood, New Jersey - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five released the rap song, The Message. It was made as a result of the 1980 New York Transit Strike.

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