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Over the course of five days of rioting in Newark from July

13-July 17, 26 people were killed--all but two were African

American. The two white fatalities included a police detective,

who was reportedly shot by a sniper, and a fireman, killed

by gunfire while responding to an alarm on Central Avenue.

Most of those killed during the riot were shot by police or

National Guard troops, some while allegedly looting or

roaming the streets after curfew. Several people, like Eloise

Spellman, a mother of 11 children, and Elizabeth Artis, a 68

year-old woman, were fatally wounded in their own homes

by a fusillade of National Guard/Police bullets aimed at

suspected snipers. The dead ranged in age from Eddie Moss,

only 10 years old, who was shot by National Guardsmen while

riding in a car with his parents, to Isaac Harrison, 73, who

was shot by police while walking to his apartment. Numerous

others, including Joey Bass, age 12, were wounded. Injury

estimates range from 725 people (according to a New Jersey

state police report), to 1020 reported by the director of

Newark City Hospital. Many lives, such as those of Eloise

Spellman's children, were irrevocably shattered.

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Newark, New Jersey is known as “Brick City” for its architectural style, urban strength and

human resilience. The Brick City Varsity brand is inspired by two watershed moments of resistance

in the city’s history: the Newark Rebellion of 1967 and the student takeover of Rutgers-Newark’s Conklin Hall in 1969. The events attest to the revolutionary power of the people to use scant

resources to overcome adversity, create beauty and incite justice.

Accordingly, Brick City Varsity challenges the world to imagine fashion and photography as

vehicles for social justice. The vintage clothing line is built exclusively from thrift stores that

provide support to low-income families, the formerly incarcerated, veterans, disaster victims and

those in need of free rehabilitation from alcohol and drug abuse. As such, BCV prides itself on

shifting the focus of fashion from building the pockets of wealthy design houses and retailers

that transgress against human rights, instead prioritizing the support of the most vulnerable

amongst us.

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