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Tag: Wynona Lipman

The O’Toole Chronicles: Senator Wynona Lipman

January 16, 2023   12:21 amJanuary 15, 2023   11:44 pm
Recently, I was talking to Essex County Executive Joe DiVincenzo and the name Senator Wynona Lipman came up. It occurred to me that many of the younger generation in politics might not know who Senator Lipman was. So, I will...
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Trailblazer: Senator Ronald Rice

January 16, 2023   12:09 amJanuary 15, 2023   11:43 pm
Ronald L. Rice (D-Newark) is the longest-serving Black legislator in New Jersey history and has made his mark as an advocate for social justice and civil rights. Rice was elected to the State Senate in a 1986 special election following...
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Labor Leader: Joel Jacobson picked a public fight with Frank Sinatra

September 5, 2022   12:15 amSeptember 8, 2022   3:47 pm
One of the great New Jersey fights of the 1970s was between labor leader Joel R. Jacobson (1918-1989) and Frank Sinatra. Sinatra and Dean Martin were playing blackjack before their performance at the Golden Nugget Casino in Atlantic City in...
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Sharpe James mulls run for Newark City Council

February 2, 2022   10:32 amApril 3, 2022   6:30 pm
Former Newark Mayor Sharpe James, who served 18 months in federal prison after his conviction on criminal charges, has taken out nominating petitions to run for an at-large city council seat in the May non-partisan elections, the New Jersey Globe...
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Trailblazer: Montclair Mayor Matthew Carter

January 17, 2022   12:21 amJanuary 16, 2022   10:11 pm
Matthew G. Carter (1913-2012) was the first Black mayor of Montclair.  He was elected town commissioner in 1964 and was re-elected in 1968.  He was mayor from 1968 to 1972. Carter sought the Republican nomination for State Senate in 1971,...
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Trailblazer: Senator Wynona Lipman

January 17, 2022   12:20 amJanuary 16, 2022   10:18 pm
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...
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Trailblazer: Senator Ronald Rice

January 17, 2022   12:16 amJanuary 16, 2022   10:17 pm
Ronald L. Rice (D-Newark) is the longest-serving Black legislator in New Jersey history and has made his mark as an advocate for social justice and civil rights. Rice was elected to the State Senate in a 1986 special election following...
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