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Tag: Martin Luther King

New Jersey was against Dr. King state holiday before it was for it

January 17, 2022   12:01 amJanuary 16, 2022   5:15 pm
The road to establishing a legal holiday honoring the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in New Jersey was a slow one. During the final days of the 1974-75 legislative session, the Democratic-controlled State Senate rejected the idea of a...
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New Jersey was against Dr. King state holiday before it was for it

January 18, 2021   12:21 amJanuary 17, 2021   11:29 pm
The road to establishing a legal holiday honoring the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in New Jersey was a slow one. During the final days of the 1974-75 legislative session, the Democratic-controlled State Senate rejected the idea of a...
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Martin Luther King III featured in Kennedy radio ad

June 7, 2020   3:06 pmJune 7, 2020   10:31 pm
Martin Luther King III, the son of the slain civil rights leader, is featured on a new radio ad endorsing Amy Kennedy for the Democratic nomination for Congress in New Jersey’s 2nd district. The ad criticizes “the deadly pattern of...
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Threatening to run if he didn’t get the line almost cost Howard 24 years in Congress

April 12, 2020   3:51 pmJuly 25, 2021   12:51 pm
A political misstep in a closed-door party screening committee might have cost James J. Howard the chance to spends 24 years as a Democratic congressman from a heavily Republican Monmouth-Ocean district. Howard, one of the most politically adept, naturally-gifted politicians...
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New Jersey was against Dr. King state holiday before it was for it

January 20, 2020   1:01 amJanuary 20, 2020   10:19 am
The road to establishing a legal holiday honoring the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in New Jersey was a slow one. During the final days of the 1974-75 legislative session, the Democratic-controlled State Senate rejected the idea of a...
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America’s most senior living ex-congressman turns 98

May 27, 2019   12:01 amMay 27, 2019   10:33 am
Some South Jersey politicos may remember Harry Haskell, who represented Delaware in the U.S. House of Representatives more than 60 years ago.  Haskell is celebrating his 98th birthday today. Haskell has some ties to New Jersey. Haskell was a young...
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New Jersey was against King state holiday before it was for it

January 21, 2019   1:23 pmJanuary 21, 2019   2:30 pm
The road to establishing a legal holiday honoring the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in New Jersey was a slow one. During the final days of the 1974-75 legislative session, the Democratic-controlled State Senate rejected the idea of a...
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