Commemoration: 50th Anniversary Newark 1967 Rebellion
Channel: FanSmiles
Date: 2017-07-15

July 12, 2017
Larry Hamm, Chair of the People's Organization for Progress, activists and community members gathered at Rebellion Monument at the crossroad of Springfield and 15th Avenues to reflect on the far reaching effects to this day on the family of the victims killed by police and armed forces 50 years ago. Kimberly Spellman, daughter of Eloise Spellman, tearfully described her life and the life of her siblings since the mother of 11 was shot and killed by law enforcement during the Rebellion while looking out her window.
After a march to the 1st precinct, the police station where cab driver John Smith had received the beating by police which sparked the rebellion,  Larry Hamm announced that P.O.P. would demand that the murder case of the 26 victims be reopened by state and federal prosecutors to assign responsibility.