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Tag: Kenneth Gibson

The story of a maid who became an assemblywoman

January 16, 2023   12:19 amJanuary 17, 2023   8:54 am
A former maid and the granddaughter of slaves, Remay Pearce (1920-2007) 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: Congressman Donald Payne Sr.

January 16, 2023   12:14 amJanuary 15, 2023   4:45 pm
Donald Payne, Sr. (1934-2012) was the first Black  to represent New Jersey in the U.S. House of Representatives. He had run for Congress twice before winning the seat in 1988. In 1970, Payne became the first African American to serve...
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Trailblazer: Mayor Kenneth Gibson

January 16, 2023   12:04 amJanuary 15, 2023   7:44 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: Assemblyman George Richardson

January 16, 2023   12:02 amJanuary 16, 2023   12:04 am
George C. Richardson (1931-2021) was a maverick civil rights leader who served four terms in the New Jersey State Assembly in the 1960s and 1970s. Richardson had sought to become the first Black to serve in the New Jersey Senate...
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Sharpe James will need a judge to ok his return to public office

March 2, 2022   1:50 pm
Former Newark Mayor Sharpe James is probably headed to court after the city clerk refused to accept his petitions to seek an at-large Newark City Council seat. City Clerk Kenneth Louis cited a 2008 court order that permanently barred James...
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Trailblazer: Congressman Donald Payne Sr.

January 17, 2022   12:19 amJanuary 16, 2022   10:18 pm
Donald Payne, Sr. (1934-2012) was the first Black  to represent New Jersey in the U.S. House of Representatives. He had run for Congress twice before winning the seat in 1988. In 1970, Payne became the first African American to serve...
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Trailblazer: Assemblyman George Richardson

January 17, 2022   12:17 amJanuary 16, 2022   10:17 pm
George C. Richardson (1931-2021) was a maverick civil rights leader who served four terms in the New Jersey State Assembly in the 1960s and 1970s. Richardson had sought to become the first Black to serve in the New Jersey Senate...
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