New Jersey Black Issues Convention Annual Legislative Conference, May 23, 2019

by lindaoppenheim | May 9, 2019 | Conference, Events

This free event, sponsored by New Jersey Black Issues Convention, Thursday, May 23, 9 am to 2:30 pm, brings to the forefront issues that are affecting African-Americans in the State of New Jersey and come together to bring progress to New Jersey’s Black...

Students weigh in on how to fix New Jersey’s school segregation problem

by lindaoppenheim | Feb 26, 2019 | Article

New Jersey is ranked the sixth-most-segregated state in the nation for black students, and seventh for Latino students.  High school students from Ridgewood, Leonia, Cliffside Park and New Milford recently convened to propose solutions to the racial divisions in New...

Black travelers had every reason to fear N.J., but you wouldn’t know it from ‘Green Book.’

by lindaoppenheim | Feb 24, 2019 | Article, history

Kathleen O’Brien rightly notes the limitations of the Oscar-nominated movie Green Book, which tells the story of the friendship between pianist Dr. Don Shirley and his chauffeur Tony Lip and depicts segregation in accommodations in the South in the 1950s.  (The...

Disproportionate use of force against black people by police in New Jersey is documented.

by lindaoppenheim | Nov 29, 2018 | News

In New Jersey, a black person was more than three times more likely to face police force than someone who is white.  This is one of the findings from a database of police use of force in New Jersey.  “The Force Report, a 16-month investigation by NJ Advance...

Timbuctoo Day, September 22, 2018 in Westhampton, NJ

by lindaoppenheim | Sep 18, 2018 | Events, history