Fourteen New Jersey trailblazers

For New Jersey Globe readers who enjoy political history, here’s our partial list of African American trailblazers who helped open the door to new opportunities in New Jersey government and politics.

Trailblazer: Walter Gilbert Alexander

 

Trailblazer: Senator Wynona Lipman

Trailblazer: Speaker S. Howard Woodson

Trailblazer: Congressman Donald Payne, Sr.

Trailblazer: Assemblywoman Madaline Williams

Trailblazer: Senator Hutchins Inge

Trailblazer: Mayor Kenneth Gibson

Trailblazer: Commissioner Horace Bryant, Sr.

Trailblazer: Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman

Trailblazer: Lt. Governor Sheila Oliver

Trailblazer: Cory Booker

Trailblazer: Bill Stubbs

Trailblazer: Justice James Coleman, Jr.

Trailblazer: Judge Anne Thompson