1924-1994
Corrina Kay-Williams was born to Jamaican parents in East Orange. She served as an Essex County freeholder, East Orange councilwomen and educator in Newark, retiring as Vice Principal of Central High.
“She left a legacy that was very hard to fill”, said the Freeholder President Sarah Bost.
“You looked up to people like her,” said Rep. Donald Payne.
Rev. Cannon Clarke said, “She helped people who felt there was no hope, she inspired them.”
There is a Head Start building named in her honor.
Bibliography
“East Orange councilwoman lauded at memorial attended by 300″ Star Ledger Apr 27, 1994
Tiny Prince Collection, Newark Public Library.