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Tag: Hugh Addonizio

Trailblazer: Mayor Kenneth Gibson

January 20, 2020   12:52 amJanuary 20, 2020   9:05 am
Kenneth Gibson (1932-2019)  became the first African American to serve as mayor of a major northeastern city when he ousted two-term incumbent Hugh Addonizio in 1970. Gibson had served as an engineer for the New Jersey Highway Department and as...
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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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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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Labor Leader: John J. Giblin served as State Senator, Essex County Freeholder

September 2, 2019   1:05 amSeptember 2, 2019   1:06 am
John J. Giblin (1909-1975) was one of New Jersey’s most powerful labor leaders, serving as president of the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 68, chairman of the national union, Essex County Freeholder and State Senator. Giblin was the patriarch...
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Bob Dole turns 96

July 22, 2019   9:02 pmJuly 22, 2019   10:11 pm
Bob Dole, who turned 96 today, served with 27 New Jerseyans during his 35 years in Congress — five in the Senate, where he represented Kansas from 1969 to 1996, and 22 in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he...
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The fall of Harry Lerner

July 22, 2019   3:40 amJuly 24, 2019   8:33 pm
When longtime Essex County Democratic boss Dennis Carey retired for health reasons in 1968, County Treasurer Harry Lerner faced Hugh Addonizio, the two-term Mayor of Newark and a former seven-term congressman, for the post. Lerner, who had lost a race...
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