Trailblazer: Senator Wynona Lipman
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Trailblazer: Assemblyman George Richardson
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...
Trailblazer: Congressman Donald Payne Sr.
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...
Happy 101st Birthday, Congressman Frank Guarini
Frank J. Guarini, Jr., who served as a congressman from a Hudson County district for fourteen years, celebrates his 101st birthday today. The Jersey City Democrat is the oldest living former congressman from New Jersey, the oldest living former statewide...
Trailblazer: Assemblyman George Richardson
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...
Trailblazer: Senator Wynona Lipman
Wynona M. Lipman (1923-1999) was the first African American woman to serve in the New Jersey State Senate. She served as a Senator from 1972 until her death in 1999. Born in Georgia, she was a Fulbright scholar studying at...
Trailblazer: Congressman Donald Payne Sr.
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...