1938-2024
Mildred Crump was Newark’s first African American councilwoman in 1994 and first female council President, from 2006-2010 and 2013-2021. She was also the first African American Braille teacher in NJ.
Born in Detroit, she came to Newark in 1965.
She was involved in a multitude of Newark organizations including Bethany Baptist Church, Integrity House (Board President), and Newark Branch NAACP. She also was a founding member of the NJ Coalition of 100 Black Women, National Political Congress for Black Women of Newark and the Global Women’s Leadership Collaborative of New Jersey. She founded the Newark Women’s Conference, Inc., “an organization whose purpose is to promote the empowerment of women in Newark and vicinity.”
Her son C. Larry Crump currently serves on as Council President (2024).
Bibliography
Extensive Star Ledger coverage
Digitized material at Newark Library (2) including transcribed oral history
“Mildred C. Crump – Rutgers African American Alumni Alliance”. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
Barbara J. Kukla Papers, Newark Library
Newark Elections Collection, Newark Library