VIDEOS

Check out some of the dramatic interpretations of Newark's 19th century African American freedom fighters below! 

Watch poet Khali Raymond perform a poem about Underground Railroad hero Jermain Loguen written by Newark poet and Reverend Elymas Payson Rogers.

Hear vocal artist and guitarist Jan‎ėtza Maria Miranda sing the song of a 19th-century Black woman and her baby imprisoned in a Newark jail cell. 

Thank you to the City of Newark's Creative Catalyst Fund in partnership with Newark Arts for funding these two videos.