by lindaoppenheim | Apr 18, 2023
The lynching of Emmett Till in 1955 and the courageous decision of his mother, Mamie Till Mobley, to display the mutilated body to the public was one of the events that galvanized the civil rights movement. Benjamin Saulsberry from the Emmett Till Interpretive Center...
by lindaoppenheim | Jul 3, 2018 | Opinion
Following the Continuing Conversation about Nationalism vs. Patriotism on July 2, Joyce Trotman-Jordan, Not in Our Town board member, wrote the following: I was a freshman in college when I realized for the first time this holiday was not for me. I felt a strong sense...
by lindaoppenheim | Jul 17, 2015 | Letter to the Editor
In her letter to the editor of the Trenton Times (Wednesday, July 15, 2015), Not in Our Town Board member, Joyce Trotman-Jordan reminds us of the terrible outcomes of race hatred and our responsibility in the face of it: “We can no longer remain silent around...
by lindaoppenheim | Jan 4, 2015 | Continuing Conversations
The next Continuing Conversation on Race and White Privilege will take place on Monday, January 5, 2015 from 7 to 9 pm at the Princeton Public Library. Facilitated by Joyce Trotman-Jordan and Roberto Schiraldi, it will continue the focus on police attitudes and...
