DescriptionE. Alma Flagg, the first African-American principal in Newark since James Baxter 100 years before, was a part of a racial bias suit within the state government. She was a Vice-principal at what was then Garfield Elementary. Hear her discuss the “tumultuous times” she experienced as an African-American educator. The suit went on from 1959-1963. While they lost the suit, the Committee for Equality for Education forced changes to take place.