Category: African Americans
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Eleta Caldwell
1945-2017 Principal at Arts High School 1991-2003, previously Chair of Art and teacher. Artist, co-founded the 1980s, “Black Women in Visual Perspective” Group which included Gladys Grauer. Exhibited at City Without Walls, and…
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Gladyce Black Sherman
1908-1995 Artist and educator. Member of the faculty of the Newark School of Fine and Industrial Arts for over 20 years, also graduated from the school. Her work was exhibited at the Newark…
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Mildred Lockett Lipscombe
1922-? Another of the library’s first Black librarians, hired 8 years after Theresa Moore. After graduating Virginia Union University, and then the University of Illinois (MLIS) in 1946, she became a junior librarian.…
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Pauline Louisa Mars Baxter
Aug 1857 – Dec 14 1924 Wife of James Baxter Principal of the Colored School. Born to a prominent family, graduated the School of Design of the Cooper Institute and was frequently employed…
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Theresa Knight Moore
*See below note on surnames 15 Mar 1907 – Feb 16, 1983 First African American woman employed at Newark Public Library at Springfield Branch in 1937. She graduated the Miner Normal School in…
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Wilma Jackson Grey
1945- Image from Newark Library First African American woman to Direct Newark Public Library. Library employee for 46 years. Graduated Arts High 1962, Class President. Then attended Howard University. Bibliography Digital.npl.org: Photo, mentions…
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Barbara George
c. 1953-2000 First woman and first African American woman police captain. Weequahic graduate. Sharpe James called her a “trailblazer, role model and…hero”. Sister of Gigi Foushee. Previously first female sergeant in Police Department…
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Trish Morris-Yamba
1944*-2019 Founded the CHEN School. She was recognized as a visionary in the field of early childhood education. She was also the founding president of the Early Childhood Coalition of Newark.President of the…