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Trailblazer: Senator Ronald Rice

January 17, 2022   12:16 amJanuary 16, 2022   10:17 pm
Ronald L. Rice (D-Newark) is the longest-serving Black legislator in New Jersey history and has made his mark as an advocate for social justice and civil rights. Rice was elected to the State Senate in a 1986 special election following...
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Trailblazer: Mayor Kenneth Gibson

January 17, 2022   12:07 amJanuary 16, 2022   10:15 pm
Kenneth Gibson (1932-2019)  became the first  Black 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 the...
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The story of a maid who became an assemblywoman

January 17, 2022   12:01 amJanuary 16, 2022   10:14 pm
A former maid and the granddaughter of slaves, Remay Pearce served as an assemblywoman from Essex County for about seven weeks in 1979 and 1980. In those days, when a seat in the legislature became vacant, it would remain empty until the...
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The story of a maid who became an assemblywoman

May 13, 2021   1:48 pmMay 13, 2021   2:45 pm
A former maid and the granddaughter of slaves, Remay Pearce served as an assemblywoman from Essex County for about seven weeks in 1979 and 1980. In those days, when a seat in the legislature became vacant, it would remain empty...
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Trailblazer: Senator Ronald Rice

January 18, 2021   12:25 amJune 8, 2021   4:08 pm
Ronald L. Rice (D-Newark) is the longest-serving Black legislator in New Jersey history and has made his mark as an advocate for social justice and civil rights. Rice was elected to the State Senate in a 1986 special election following...
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Trailblazer: Mayor Kenneth Gibson

January 18, 2021   12:09 amJanuary 17, 2021   1:51 pm
Kenneth Gibson (1932-2019)  became the first  Black 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 the...
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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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