Because of its deep roots in the institution of slavery, New Jersey has been called the “slave state of the North.” NJ’s slavery and the generations of structural racism that…
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By Jennifer Popper, TAPinto — Editor’s Note: This is to acknowledge that the resolution being introduced is specific to an Assembly bill about Newark, not Plainfield. An earlier version of…
Keynote Nkechi Taifa, Esq. made a case for Reparations at the New Jersey State Conference NAACP 2021 Annual Convention, which was held virtually September 18-19, 2021
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By James Ford, PIX 11 News — Because many people aren’t aware of northern states’ history of slavery, and because the descendants of those enslaved people have drastically less wealth…