Out of the Ashes Came Hope - By Monsignor William J. Linder with Gilda Rogers - Monsignor William J Linder

The 1960s in Newark, New Jersey, were a crucible of racial tensions. While the civil rights movement slowly planted the seeds of hope and resilience across the rest of the nation, the movement in Newark faced intense challenges from an entrenched and racist political power structure-culminating in the '67 Newark riots. But while these riots reduced the Central Ward to rubble, one place was spared from the destruction and would become a hub for social change-Queen of Angels Church. Out of the Ashes..