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Trailblazer: Assistant U.S. Attorney Oliver Randolph

January 19, 2026 12:12 amJanuary 18, 2026 10:17 pm

Oliver Randolph (1877-1951) was the only African American member of the 1947 New Jersey Constitutional Convention. In that post, he led a fight that successfully banned discrimination in New Jersey’s public schools and the National Guard. Born in Virginia, Randolph...

Trailblazer: Assistant U.S. Attorney Oliver Randolph

January 20, 2025 12:11 amJanuary 19, 2025 9:08 pm

Oliver Randolph (1877-1951) was the only African American member of the 1947 New Jersey Constitutional Convention. In that post, he led a fight that successfully banned discrimination in New Jersey’s public schools and the National Guard. Born in Virginia, Randolph...

The Baraka Plan Reimagined: How N.J. Governor’s races played out in even years

December 15, 2024 3:16 pmDecember 16, 2024 12:46 pm

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ras Baraka has proposed eliminating odd-year elections, which the modern-day founding fathers opposed explicitly at the 1947 State Constitutional Convention. The idea at the time was to keep elections for governor and the legislature focused on state...

Trailblazer: Assistant U.S. Attorney Oliver Randolph

January 15, 2024 12:08 amJanuary 14, 2024 5:19 pm

Oliver Randolph (1877-1951) was the only African American member of the 1947 New Jersey Constitutional Convention. In that post, he led a fight that successfully banned discrimination in New Jersey’s public schools and the National Guard. Born in Virginia, Randolph...

Trailblazer: Assistant U.S. Attorney Oliver Randolph

January 16, 2023 12:08 amJanuary 15, 2023 11:43 pm

Oliver Randolph (1877-1951) was the only African American member of the 1947 New Jersey Constitutional Convention. In that post, he led a fight that successfully banned discrimination in New Jersey’s public schools and the National Guard. Born in Virginia, Randolph...

Trailblazer: Assistant U.S. Attorney Oliver Randolph

January 17, 2022 12:04 amJanuary 16, 2022 4:47 pm

Oliver Randolph (1877-1951) was the only African American member of the 1947 New Jersey Constitutional Convention. In that post, he led a fight that successfully banned discrimination in New Jersey’s public schools and the National Guard. Born in Virginia, Randolph...

Black clergy seeks nomination of Jamel Semper as U.S. Attorney

May 27, 2021 9:12 amMay 27, 2021 10:18 am

Two politically influential Black ministers are pushing for the nomination of Jamel Semper as the next U.S. Attorney from New Jersey. “It is time for an African American to be nominated as the U.S. Attorney in this state,” said Rev....