From the Archives: Black History Month
A crowd of approximately 4,000 gathered on the steps of the Essex County Courthouse in Newark for a peaceful fundraising rally on behalf of civil rights efforts in Mississippi.
A crowd of approximately 4,000 gathered on the steps of the Essex County Courthouse in Newark for a peaceful fundraising rally on behalf of civil rights efforts in Mississippi.
He became the first African American man ordained in the Archdiocese in more than 20 years.