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In a July 16, 1967 file photo, top, churchgoers pass a National Guard roadblock in Newark, N.J., in front of the St. James A.M.E. Church during the Newark riots. In a June 16, 2017 photo, bottom, a man walks past the same spot 50 years later. The 1967 Newark riots were a major civil disturbance that occurred in the city of Newark, New Jersey between July 12 and July 17, 1967. The four days of rioting, looting, and destruction left 26 dead and hundreds injured. In the period leading up to the riots, police racial profiling, redlining, and lack of opportunity in education, training, and jobs led local African-American residents to feel powerless and disenfranchised. In particular, many felt they had been largely excluded from meaningful political representation and often suffered police brutality. (Photo by AP Photo/John Duricka, top; Julio Cortez, bottom)
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