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Tag: Ronald Owens

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

January 19, 2026   12:29 amJanuary 18, 2026   11:14 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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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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Trailblazers: 11 Black politicians from New Jersey you should know about

January 19, 2026   12:03 amJanuary 18, 2026   8:54 pm
Dr. George E. Cannon (1869-1925) was a physician and New Jersey Black Republican leader from Jersey City who seconded the nomination of President Calvin Coolidge at the 1924 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.   He was the first Republican to win...
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Quijano announces re-election bid, will back Granados

January 24, 2025   11:05 amJanuary 24, 2025   7:29 pm
Assembly Speaker Pro-Tempore Annette Quijano (D-Elizabeth) will seek re-election to the Union County-based 20th district seat she’s held since 2008. “We have succeeded in bettering our community through our many legislative successes in Trenton, such as expanding family leave protections...
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Trailblazers: 11 Black politicians from New Jersey you should know about

January 20, 2025   12:38 amJanuary 19, 2025   9:44 pm
Dr. George E. Cannon (1869-1925) was a physician and New Jersey Black Republican leader from Jersey City who seconded the nomination of President Calvin Coolidge at the 1924 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.   He was the first Republican to win a...
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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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New Jersey was against Dr. King state holiday before it was for it

January 20, 2025   12:02 amJanuary 19, 2025   9:38 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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