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 Series

Series VII: Videocassette and other works, 1969, 1971 and 1995

Dates

  • 1969, 1971 and 1995

Scope and Contents

This series contains two videotapes:

The first is entitled, "To Bridge This Gap," (1969) is a documentary film by Ken Burrows and Brian De Palma (Accession No. 95-15), produced by the NAACP. The film highlights their legal cases dealing with segregation and discrimination issues in the late 1950s and 1960s. Of particular interest is the segment on the lawsuit filed by the Legal Defense Fund on behalf of Newark community organizations when the New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry moved to Newark's Central Ward.

The second videotape is "City of Promise," a segment of "America's War on Poverty" (Accession No. 95-84). This film was produced by Blackside Films, Boston, for PBS. It was broadcast on January 17, 1995, and contains information dealing with Newark and NJCMD, and the Newark Riots.

Then there is an unpublished typescript: Barklis, Samuel S. The Kept People of Politics. Unpublished typescript, [np : np], 1971. 209 pp. [A History of the Creation of NJCMD from SHCMD by a former Board of Trustee member of NJCMD] 2nd copy in Vertical File 'UMDNJ-History.'

Restrictions on Access

No restrictions on access, under the conditions of the Archives access policy.

Language of Materials

From the Record Group: English

Creator

Part of the RBHS Special Collections in the History of Medicine Repository

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