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Trailblazers: 11 Black politicians from New Jersey you should know about

January 17, 2022   12:23 amJanuary 16, 2022   10:18 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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Trailblazer: Congressman Donald Payne Sr.

January 17, 2022   12:19 amJanuary 16, 2022   10:18 pm
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...
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Trailblazer: Assemblyman George Richardson

January 17, 2022   12:17 amJanuary 16, 2022   10:17 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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George Richardson, former assemblyman first elected in 1961, dies at 90

October 11, 2021   12:01 amOctober 11, 2021   10:52 pm
George C. Richardson, a maverick civil rights leader who served four terms in the New Jersey State Assembly in the 1960s and 1970s, died on September 24.  He was 90. Richardson had sought to become the first Black to serve...
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Trailblazer: Congressman Donald Payne Sr.

January 18, 2021   12:10 amJanuary 17, 2021   1:57 pm
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...
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Thomas Cooke, former East Orange mayor, dies of coronavirus at 90

May 29, 2020   4:03 pmOctober 10, 2021   9:44 pm
Former East Orange Mayor Thomas H. Cooke, Jr., one of the first African American politicians to achieve success in Essex County in the 1960s, died on May 18 of complications related to the coronavirus pandemic.  He was 90. Cooke was...
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Trailblazer: Congressman Donald Payne Sr.

January 20, 2020   12:53 amJanuary 20, 2020   8:54 am
Donald Payne, Sr. (1934-2012) was the first African American 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...
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