Tina Jalloh, president of the Somerset County Democratic Black Caucus, Secretary of State Sheila Oliver and Somerset County Freeholder Shanel Robinson, left to right, at the Black Caucus’s Black History Month celebration.
Exhibitions of black culture, calls for continued social justice activism and an appearance by the state’s Lieutenant Governor highlighted the annual Black History Month celebration Feb. 16 at the township Community/Senior Center.
Sponsored by the Somerset County Democratic Black Caucus, the day also featured a number of speakers, including state Lieutenant Governor Sheila Oliver, Mayor Phil Kramer, Somerset County Freeholder Shanel Robinson and the event’s keynote speaker, Larry Hamm, chair of the Newark-based People’s Organization for Progress.
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