Category: Activists and Community Leaders
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Rosamond Stewart Marrow
1903-1972 President of the Board of the Community Hospital (African American hospital, previously Kenney) in Newark. Also on the faculty of Essex County Vocational School in Beauty Culture. She was involved in politics…
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Carole Anderson Graves
1938- President of the Newark Teacher’s Union. Leader of the 1970 Teacher’s Strike. Later ran for General Assembly and served as Essex County Register. 1955 Arts Yearbook Bibliography G-25, Graves Carole, Newark News…
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Florence Peshine Eagleton
1870-1953 Born and died in Newark. Vice President of the NJ Suffrage Association, president of the Woman’s Political Union. Founder of the New Jersey League of Woman Voters. One of the first woman…
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Armita Harris Douglas
1874-1958 President, New Jersey Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs. Helped organize the NAACP and the Urban League in Newark and was a charter member of the city’s Phyllis Wheatley Literary Club. Active in…
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Laquetta C Nelson
1955- Advocate for gay and lesbian rights. Co-founder of the Newark Pride Alliance. Awarded the 2004 Community Service Award from the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. Founder of the NJ Stonewall Democrats.…
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Janyce Jackson Jones
1951- Co-Pastor of Unity Fellowship Church located in Newark, NJ. Pastor of Liberation in Truth Unity Fellowship Church for which she is a founding member when it was established in 1995. Executive Director…
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Aneatha Dames Todd
1918-1998 Active in the UMDNJ struggle, member of the Concerned Citizens of the College. Instrumental in organizing the Gladys Dickinson Health Center, the NJ Tuberculosis Council, the Community Mental Health center, and the…
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Abigail Malmgreen
1909-2009 1926 Graduate of Barringer High. Worked at Bamberger’s Department Store and then for the Newark Welfare Department. Lifelong political activist. Member of the United Nations Association, Americans for Democratic Action, the NAACP,…