Reginald Jackson Archives - New Jersey Globe

Trailblazer: Bishop Reginald T. Jackson

January 19, 2026 12:14 amJanuary 18, 2026 9:45 pm

Bishop Reginald T. Jackson was one of the most politically influential and respected Black ministers in New Jersey in the 1990s and 2000s. Jackson came to New Jersey in 1979 as the pastor of St. John AME Church in Jersey...

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...

Boyer on the transition of Bishop Reginald T. Jackson

November 26, 2025 9:45 am

OPINION “No one has impacted my ministry as profoundly as Bishop Reginald T. Jackson. As a young Black man growing up in New Jersey repeatedly pulled over by state troopers on Route 78, I can still remember looking up at...

Bishop Reginald T. Jackson, powerful faith leader active in N.J. politics, dies at 71

November 26, 2025 9:39 amNovember 26, 2025 8:05 pm

Bishop Reginald T. Jackson, who was one of the most politically influential and respected Black ministers in New Jersey in the 1990s and 2000s, died on November 26. He was 71. Jackson came to New Jersey in 1979 as the...

Christy Davis Jackson, Democratic operative who ran Corzine Senate campaign, dies

December 1, 2024 6:35 pm

Christy Davis Jackson, a veteran of New Jersey politics and the wife of Bishop Reginald Jackson, has died. Jackson served as co-campaign manager of Jon Corzine’s bid for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate in 2000 and later as...