Claudette Colvin, the first person arrested for resisting bus segregation in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955, and whose US Supreme Court …Read the Rest
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Friday, Jan 17:March in Honor of our departed Great Freedom Fighter Amiri Baraka
Dear P.O.P. Members & Friends: March with us. When: Friday, January 17th Time: 5 P.M. Where: The corner of Broad …Read the Rest
Chairman Hamm on Democracy Now Remembering the Legacy of Amiri Baraka
Four of Baraka’s longtime comrades and friends: Sonia Sanchez, a renowned writer, poet, playwright and activist; Felipe Luciano, a poet, …Read the Rest
Star-Ledger: Newark girl killed on Christmas ‘touched a nation,’ funeral mourners say
ELIZABETH — The family of 13-year-old Zainee Hailey gathered around her small white casket outside of New Zion Baptist Church …Read the Rest
Star-Ledger: Newark marchers honor Mandela’s legacy and urge others to take up struggle
NEWARK — Local activists took Nelson Mandela’s legacy to the streets of downtown Newark today, calling on holiday shoppers to …Read the Rest
Arrest of Roselle councilman’s stepson was mistake that led to police brutality, family says
ELIZABETH — The arrest of a Roselle councilman’s stepson began as a police dispatcher’s mistake and ended in police brutality, supporters …Read the Rest
Barbara Buono Talks With POP: Thursday, September 5th,
On Thursday, September 5th, Barbara Buono, the Democratic nominee for Governor, will be the guest speaker at the General Assembly …Read the Rest
Black NJ: Over 1,000 marchers in Newark demand federal Civil Rights charges against Zimmerman
“We want President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder to launch a federal investigation and bring civil rights charges against …Read the Rest
‘Justice for Trayvon’ rally draws hundreds to Newark Seth Augenstein/The Star-Ledger
NEWARK — “Tray-von!” “Mart-in!” “Zimmerman?” “Guil-ty!” That call-and-response rang out this afternoon outside the Peter W. Rodino Jr. Federal Building …Read the Rest
Hundreds rally in Newark for Trayvon Martin, chanting ‘no justice, no peace’ By Jessica Calefati and Dan Goldberg/The Star-Ledger
NEWARK — Their reasons were universal and personal; their cause common and intensely private.
The hundreds of people who endured 95-degree temperatures in Newark this afternoon to protest the verdict of the George Zimmerman murder trial were there because of Trayvon Martin, the 17-year-old Zimmerman killed last year.
But they were also there for their own communities, their own families, their own sons.