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Showing posts with label Newark NJ. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Newark NJ. Show all posts
Friday, February 07, 2025

First African American Cardinal to Celebrate Black History Month in Newark

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Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory, retiring Archbishop of Washington, D.C., and the first African American Cardinal, will join Cardinal Joseph ...
Sunday, December 01, 2024

Mildred Crump a Newark political pioneer and icon has died

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Mildred Crump, a longtime Newark councilwoman and pioneer for Black women in city politics, has died at age 86. Crump became the first B...
Saturday, August 19, 2023

Melba Moore To Be Honored In Newark, NJ With a Street Named In Her Honor

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The Honorable Newark, NJ, Mayor Ras Baraka and Councilwoman At Large, the Rev. Louise Scott-Rountree will present a street renaming dedica...
Sunday, August 13, 2023

Building in Newark to be renamed after Lt. Governor Sheila Oliver

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Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver, the first Black woman elected to statewide office in New Jersey history, was remembered in a memorial service Sat...
Tuesday, July 25, 2023

Witness says he has new information about Malcolm X assassination

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Attorneys representing the family of Malcolm X revealed what they call a star witness Tuesday in their ongoing legal pursuits related to h...
Sunday, April 09, 2023

Newark's Shakur Stevenson stops Shuichiro Yoshino to become mandatory challenger for the WBC lightweight title

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After winning titles at featherweight and junior lightweight, Shakur Stevenson moved up once again, this time to face Shuichiro Yoshino in...
Monday, January 02, 2023

The Martin Luther King “We Won’t Go Back” March To Be Held In Newark

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The People’s Organization For Progress is sponsoring The Martin Luther King “We Won’t Go Back” March that will be held on Martin Luther K...
Sunday, August 21, 2022

Newark NJ Residents March Against Violence

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Newark residents took to the streets Saturday for a citywide peace walk. The walk was a call to action for business leaders, the commu...
Thursday, July 14, 2022

March For Jayland Walker to be held in Newark NJ

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The People’s Organization For Progress (POP) will have a march and rally to demand justice for Jayland Walker on Friday, July 15, 2022, 5:...
Monday, June 20, 2022

Newark NJ renames park after Harriet Tubman

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Newark marked Juneteenth Monday by renaming a park after American abolitionist and activist Harriet Tubman. Mayor Ras Baraka unveiled t...
Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Queen Latifah breaks ground on Rise Living housing development in Newark NJ

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Queen Latifah (Dana Owens) joined Newark Mayor Ras Baraka Tuesday at a groundbreaking ceremony for a new mixed-used project she is partner...
Wednesday, March 09, 2022

12-year-old Prosperity Wilson from Newark is missing!

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UPDATE:Prosperity has been found and is safe! MISSING 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL IN NEWARK FOUND SAFE Police in Newark are desperately searching f...
Saturday, January 15, 2022

The People’s Organization for Progress To Hold March Voting Rights On MLK Birthday In Newark

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A Newark group is planning to hold a march on Saturday, the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr., in support of voting rights and several s...
Wednesday, December 22, 2021

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka tests positive for COVID-19

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Newark Mayor Ras Baraka tested positive for COVID-19, he said. The mayor said he is asymptomatic, and so far his family has not tested p...
Sunday, October 24, 2021

Newark NJ’s Shakur Stevenson wins super-featherweight championship

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In just his 17th professional fight, 24-year-old Newark NJ native, Shakur Stevenson stopped veteran Jamel Herring in 10 rounds to take Her...
Friday, June 18, 2021

New $77M court building in Newark named after Martin Luther King, Jr.

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A new $77 million building along Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Newark that houses 11 new courtrooms and offices for elections of...
Tuesday, June 15, 2021

Newark NJ to unveil statue of George Floyd

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Newark Mayor Ras Baraka on Wednesday is set to unveil a statue of George Floyd that officials say will be displayed outside City Hall for ...
Thursday, October 15, 2020

Seton Hall and Prudential Center to host 2025 NCAA Regional in Newark NJ

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Seton Hall University and Prudential Center in Newark NJ have been selected to host an NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament regional in 20...
Saturday, July 11, 2020

Shakur Stevenson moving up to junior lightweight

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Shakur Stevenson is vacating the WBO featherweight world title to move up to the junior lightweight division. "We're moving on ...
Friday, September 20, 2019

Booker Bill to Help Communities Get Lead Out of Drinking Water Passes House Unanimously

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The House unanimously voted to pass legislation authored   by New Jersey Senator   Cory Booker that   could help communities across...