Category: Born or raised in Newark (high school or before)
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Sandra King
1948- Born in Newark. Weequahic Class of 1965. Graduated from Rutgers Newark. Board of Newark Library, Branch Brook Park, and NJ Institute for Social Justice. Host of Emmy Award Winning Due Process which…
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Maria Vizcarrondo-De Soto
1951- First woman and Latina President of United Way of Essex and Hudson. She was the first Hispanic elected Essex County surrogate. She was Executive Director of ASPIRA Inc of NJ headquartered on…
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Griselda Ellis
1870- Sept 8, 1949 *NJ Death Index starts again in 1950, mentioned in Bernardsville News “Griselda Ellis of Newark” Aug 12, 1948 She considered herself “Newark born and bred”. Appointed Principal of the…
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Adelina “Addie” McIntyre Garris
1869 – 1936 Cited by William Ashby and the Afro American as one of the earliest African American teachers in Newark. Lived at 13 Academy St and 69 Plane St. Listed as “Mulatto”…
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Lettie Mae Mulford
1883-1970 *sometimes listed as “Lettie Mulford” or “May Mulford” Teacher in the Newark Public School System for 42 years. A daughter of the first African American Newark High School student Clara Mulford, Lettie…
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Eva Mae Mulford
c. 1884-1886 to 1944 Daughter of Clara Irene Mulford. Lived in family house at 41 Chestnut. Early African American nurse associated with the Newark Board of Health. She was appointed in late 1917…
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(Clara) Irene Pataquam Mulford
c.1854- 1945 In 1872, first African American pupil to attend the Newark High School. Previously African American students attended the Colored School. She had to sit alone in the last seat because she…
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Marion Thompson Wright
1902-1962 Graduate of Barringer High. First African American woman in the US to earn a PHD in History. Rutgers annual lecture series named in her honor. Wrote, “The Education of Negroes in New…