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The story of a maid who became an assemblywoman

January 19, 2026   12:25 amJanuary 18, 2026   9:04 pm
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 until...
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Trailblazer: Assemblyman George Richardson

January 19, 2026   12:04 amJanuary 18, 2026   8:57 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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Trailblazer: Congressman Donald Payne Sr.

January 19, 2026   12:00 amJanuary 18, 2026   11:14 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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2025 New Jersey Globe Year in Review

December 31, 2025   3:25 pmJanuary 8, 2026   11:04 am
Click HERE to download a high-resolution version of the 2025 New Jersey Globe Voter’s Guide. Click HERE for a lower-resolution version For the eighth time, the New Jersey Globe presents our annual Year in Review, a look back at the...
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A brief electoral history of Ras Baraka

May 10, 2025   9:41 pm
If Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is elected governor of New Jersey in this year’s election, he’d make a lot of history. He’d be the first Black person elected to lead the state; in fact, no major party in New Jersey...
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The story of a maid who became an assemblywoman

January 20, 2025   12:32 amJanuary 19, 2025   9:27 pm
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 until...
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Trailblazer: Assemblyman George Richardson

January 20, 2025   12:31 amJanuary 19, 2025   9:32 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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