Protest march and rally scheduled by P.O.P. for MLK Day
Photo by Chris Sykes People’s Organization for Progress member Joann Simms, left, stands with Amina Baraka, the widow of famed revolutionary Newark poet and activist Amiri Baraka and mother of current Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, right, in front of the statue of Abraham Lincoln in front of the Essex County Courthouse in downtown Newark year during the grassroots civil rights and economic and social justice group’s Dr. Martin Luther King Day rally inside Essex County College following its protest march through downtown Newark in honor of the slain civil rights leader. P.O.P. Chairman Larry Hamm said another march is scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 15, in downtown Newark to again honor King.
