NEWARK, NJ — Minister Louis Farrakhan of the Chicago-based Nation of Islam and Maulana Karenga, the creator of the holiday Kwanzaa, headlined the fourth and final day of the Institute of the Black World’s fourth State of the Black World Conference, which ran from Nov. 16 to 20 at the Robert Treat Hotel in downtown […]
NEWARK, NJ — During the People’s Organization for Progress’s 40th consecutive Justice Monday protest rally in Newark, Chairman Larry Hamm was quick to admit the shooting death of Earl Faison was more relevant than ever, thanks in part to U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch’s decision to launch her own independent civil rights investigation into the […]
NEWARK, NJ — People’s Organization for Progress Chairman Larry Hamm and his group of grassroots activists spent Halloween holding their 40th consecutive Justice Monday protest rally in front of the Peter Rodino Federal Building on Broad Street in downtown Newark, despite the fact that U.S. Attorney General for New Jersey Paul Fishman recently decided not […]
NEWARK, NJ — After 30 consecutive weeks, the People’s Organization for Progress temporarily changed the focus of its weekly “Justice Monday” rally in front of U.S. Attorney General for New Jersey Paul Fishman’s office in Newark to a “Day of Outrage” protest rally condemning the failure of the U.S. Justice Department to indict the police […]
NEWARK, NJ — The People’s Organization for Progress held its 30th consecutive Justice Monday protest rally outside the Peter Rodino Federal Building on Broad Street in downtown Newark on Monday, Aug. 22. The group’s stated goal for the weekly protests is to convince U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Paul Fishman to open up federal civil […]
NEWARK, NJ — The People’s Organization for Progress held its 25th weekly Justice Monday rally at the Peter W. Rodino Federal Building on Broad Street in Newark on Monday, July 18. P.O.P. Chairman Larry Hamm and the members of the grassroots social justice group found themselves once again rallying in an attempt to get U.S. […]
NEWARK, NJ — The People’s Organization for Progress held the latest installment of its “Justice Monday” rally outside the Essex County Courthouse in downtown Newark on Monday, July 11. According to P.O.P. Chairman Larry Hamm there was a reason for that. The Justice Monday actions are part of the advocacy group’s ongoing campaign to convince […]
ORANGE, NJ — People’s Organization for Progress members recently rallied to support U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, who is vying with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination. “We might be in Orange for Bernie Sanders on Saturday,” said People’s Organization for Progress Chairman Larry Hamm on Tuesday, May 24. “We […]
ORANGE, NJ — People’s Organization for Progress Chairman Larry Hamm and People’s Organization for Progress Minister of Information Zayid Muhammad issued an urgent press release regarding convicted cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal’s health and former Forest Street School third-grade teacher Marilyn Zuniga’s ongoing legal battle with Orange public schools, on Monday, March 21. “On March 21, the […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Irvington NAACP Vice President Kathleen Witcher is joining Oranges-Maplewood NAACP President Tom Puryear and the People’s Organization for Progress in supporting former Forest Street School third-grade teacher Marilyn Zuniga in her ongoing legal battle with her former employers, the Orange School District and the Orange Board of Education. A first-year teacher, Zuniga […]