Once called the capital of public housing in the United States, Newark received more money than any other city from the federal government to clear slums and build public housing developments . People like Louis Danzig, who headed the Newark Housing Authority (NHA), used the federal funds the city received to destroy low-income minority housing in Newark, then build public housing on the outskirts of the city putting all the poor minorities in these areas. Police have brutalized the cities' African-American citizens numerous times without repercussions. The city was being segregated, and Newark's African-American residents began to feel increasingly marginalized. In 1967 things finally moved forward when an African-American taxi driver was arrested and severely beaten by the Newark Police Department and when rumors spread that he had died while in police custody. Although the taxi driver was indeed taken to hospital, a group gathered in front of the police station and began throwing bricks and other objects at the police station. The riot went on for six days and has shaped the image of Newark to this day. The riots gave the city a negative aspect that still lingers. The main factors that led to the Newark riots were the numerous urban renewals that played a huge role in creating the tension that caused the riots. Louis Danzig, the man charged with clearing slums in the downtown neighborhood and providing public housing for those who would be displaced from areas marked for renewal by the city, played a major role in the unraveling of Newark. Gdańsk was divided, the African-American community in the central neighborhood, sending residents from there across the city to several public housing projects that were poorly located and... middle of paper... the city and suffered due of the loss of much of its tax base due to the riots of 1967. The event should be used as a warning to other cities in transition to be aware of the demographic changes and represent all of your citizens living in your city. Works Cited Bigart, H. (1967, July 16). Newark riot deaths at 21. New York Times.Mumford, L. (1961). The city in history. New York: Houghton Harcourt Publishing Company. Raab, S. (2008, July 16). The Battle of Newark. Esquire, pp. 69-73; 116-117.Rutgers University. (2014, 46). Events. Retrieved from Newark Riots 1967: http://www.67riots.rutgers.edu/n_index.htmSmith, D. A. (1996). Third World Cities in Global Perspective: The Political Economy of Uneven Urbanization. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press Inc. Tuttle, B. R. (2009). How Newark became Newark. Piscataway, NJ: Rutgers University Press.