fletcher will be joined on the panel by panel list linda caldwell apps, who is the president and ceo of 1804 consultants, an organization dedicated to the success of cultural organizations. a noted attorney and musician and educator who currently directs the leadership institute at rutgers university in newark. and mark, whose breath of work in higher education and the humanities in new york include serving as the director of the alexander price institute on at the city, culture and modern experience. the author of a recent book on new work and the rebellion of 1967. please join me in welcoming michael fletcher, junius williams, and linda caldwell apps to the stage. [applause] >> i should interject that at the end of the panel discussion there will be a few moments for questions and answers. members of the panel will take those questions and we will conclude this panel and move on to our next presentation. thank you. >> good afternoon, everyone. what i hope to do here is just have a conversation and talk about what newark was like before 1967, and how it came to be that way. also, ta

please join me in welcoming michael fletcher, junius williams, and linda caldwell epps to the stage. [applause] >> i should interject that at the end of the panel discussion there will be a few moments for questions and answers. members of the panel will take those questions and we will conclude this panel and move on to our next presentation. thank you. >> good afternoon, everyone. what i hope to do here is just have a conversation and talk about what newark was like before 1967, and how it came to be that way. also, talk about what has transpired since. like political empowerment, what has resulted from those developments. i thought i would start with -- talk a little bit to us about the black population in newark. how did it get to be a magnet for the great black migration and what kinds of jobs were people coming to get, what conditions that they find when they arrived there? >> first of all, new jersey is the northern most southern state. [laughter] >> you laugh because it is ironic, but as such, who was one of the first places that you would reach coming from the south. it was

fletcher will be joined on the panel by panel list linda caldwell apps, who is the president and ceo of 1804 consultants, an organization dedicated to the success of cultural organizations. a noted attorney and musician and educator who currently