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Tag: Calvin West

Trailblazer: Councilman Calvin West

January 20, 2020   12:47 amJanuary 16, 2021   10:22 pm
Calvin D. West was a legendary and beloved Newark political figure for parts of seven decades and the first African American to win citywide office. West was elected to an at-large seat on the Newark City Council in 1966, running...
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Trailblazer: Bill Stubbs

January 20, 2020   12:45 amJanuary 20, 2020   12:44 am
Bill Stubbs (1917-2003) was the first African American to win a major party nomination for Congress in New Jersey.  He won a three-way Republican primary in New Jersey’s 11th district in 1964 but lost the general election to freshman Rep....
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Calvin West cemetery full of powerful Essex politicians

December 8, 2019   3:21 pm
Calvin West is all politics, even in death. The legendary political figure who died this week at age 87, will be buried on Monday at the Fairmount Cemetery in Newark, the final resting place of some prominent New Jersey political...
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Funeral arrangements for Calvin West

December 4, 2019   3:53 pmDecember 4, 2019   11:00 pm
Funeral services for legendary political leader Calvin D. West will be held on Monday morning at the St. James AME Church in Newark at 10 AM. West, the first African American to win a citywide election in New Jersey’s largest...
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Calvin West, Newark political icon, dies at 87

December 2, 2019   8:48 amDecember 4, 2019   3:58 pm
Calvin D. West, a legendary and beloved Newark political figure for parts of seven decades and the first African American to win citywide office, died this morning.  He was 87. West was elected to an at-large seat on the Newark...
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Trailblazer: Bill Stubbs

January 21, 2019   12:01 amJanuary 20, 2019   7:25 pm
Bill Stubbs (1917-2003) was the first African American to win a major party nomination for Congress in New Jersey.  He won a three-way Republican primary in New Jersey’s 11th district in 1964 but lost the general election to freshman Rep....
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