Troublemakers Pt.. 2 of 4
Int. meeting of older people led by Newark Community Union Project, NCUP, project. Man talking about being mad because of the situation “the rich man controls...and there is 52% negro & 90% are poor.” “Its time we do something...” Projector set up in room w/ screen.
00:12:27 Narrator voice over about first meetings releasing anger & frustration. MCUs & CUs of people thoughtfully listening to previous Black speaker. “If that anger is not focussed on an action, meeting become repetitious; nothing is decided, people get discouraged & stop coming.”
00:12:56 Inner-title over freeze frame: 2) Issue organizing - housing. Local woman speaking; organizers speaking about housing violations & rent control; cost of rent and refusal of landlords to make basic repairs.
00:14:11 Older man & woman & younger white woman organizer leaving to go ask help from local Human Rights Commission. Older couple, Mr ? & Mrs. Gaskins walking up steps of large city government building w/ ornate stonework. Black couple explain things needing repair.
00:15:41 Couple going back into house.
00:16:08 CU Mrs. Gaskins telling NCUP of receiving letter of eviction after Housing Authorities inspected & sent landlord a letter; explains problems w/ apartment laughing over it. MCU pensive.
00:17:23 NCUP members smoking cigarettes, waiting for monthly PAG meeting (Peoples Action Group, local War On Poverty group) & discuss how to see if they will help stop Mrs. Gaskin eviction, though the building has over 101 violations. NCUP back to Mrs Gaskin to ask her to appear before PAG.
00:19:52 Mrs. Gaskin speaks to PAG & asks group for help. Others talk about what to do & how to help. Woman in same building gives empassioned speech in support & calling for rent strike.
00:23:14 PAG picketing w/ placards & signs landlord, Phil Kaufman’s residential house as a symbolic effort; leaflet to passing car. Marchers end w/ freeze frame of Mrs. Gaskin on picket line.
Ethnic; African-Americans; Poverty; 1960s; Alternative Culture; Radicalization; Newsreel Films; New Jersey; 1966; Student Involvement; Negroes; Blacks; Counter Culture; Slums; Ghetto; Politics;
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Troublemakers Pt.. 2 of 4 Int. meeting of older people led by Newark Community Union Project, NCUP, project. Man talking about being mad because of the situation “the rich man controls...and there is 52% negro & 90% are poor.” “Its time we do something...” Projector set up in room w/ screen. 00:12:27 Narrator voice over about first meetings releasing anger & frustration. MCUs & CUs of people thoughtfully listening to previous Black speaker. “If that anger is not focussed on an action, meeting become repetitious; nothing is decided, people get discouraged & stop coming.” 00:12:56 Inner-title over freeze frame: 2) Issue organizing - housing. Local woman speaking; organizers speaking about housing violations & rent control; cost of rent and refusal of landlords to make basic repairs. 00:14:11 Older man & woman & younger white woman organizer leaving to go ask help from local Human Rights Commission. Older couple, Mr ? & Mrs. Gaskins walking up steps of large city government building w/ ornate stonework. Black couple explain things needing repair. 00:15:41 Couple going back into house. 00:16:08 CU Mrs. Gaskins telling NCUP of receiving letter of eviction after Housing Authorities inspected & sent landlord a letter; explains problems w/ apartment laughing over it. MCU pensive. 00:17:23 NCUP members smoking cigarettes, waiting for monthly PAG meeting (Peoples Action Group, local War On Poverty group) & discuss how to see if they will help stop Mrs. Gaskin eviction, though the building has over 101 violations. NCUP back to Mrs Gaskin to ask her to appear before PAG. 00:19:52 Mrs. Gaskin speaks to PAG & asks group for help. Others talk about what to do & how to help. Woman in same building gives empassioned speech in support & calling for rent strike. 00:23:14 PAG picketing w/ placards & signs landlord, Phil Kaufman’s residential house as a symbolic effort; leaflet to passing car. Marchers end w/ freeze frame of Mrs. Gaskin on picket line. Ethnic; African-Americans; Poverty; 1960s; Alternative Culture; Radicalization; Newsreel Films; New Jersey; 1966; Student Involvement; Negroes; Blacks; Counter Culture; Slums; Ghetto; Politics;