Local Black History 2021

LeRoi Jones, is known to many as

The first African American elected mayor of any major city in the Northeastern United States was 

Alpha Lodge No. 116, NJ: (Prince Hall Sodality)was only lodge in 1935 noted to have both white and colored members

The Newark Uprising occurred from

Sakia Gunn, was a 15-year old African American lesbian who was fatally stabbed in gay hate crime in Newark

Helen Strummer documented the life of the poorest of the poor in Newark using health records

The legislation requires that Black History be taught in all content areas as well as history

The outstanding Negro Leagues baseball team, that played in Newark from 1937 to 1948 were the...

He was an African American historical scholar of his adopted hometown of Newark

Marion Thompson Wright was the first African American woman to earn her PhD in History

Celebrities from Newark include Michael B. Jordan, Queen Latifah, Whitney Houston and

Assemblyman William Payne established what important legislation

Jack Cudjo was Newark's Revolutionary Soldier and First Black Businessman.

Payne Tech is name after...

Newark was considered the center of African American music and entertainment in the the first half of the 20th century.

First African-American school administrator in Newark public, principal of the Colored School of Newark 1869-1873.