civil rights Archives - Red Bank Green

RED BANK: NURTURING FORTUNE’S LEGACY

RED BANK: Opening this month, exhibit honoring editor and activist T. Thomas Fortune looks at his life, work and legacy.

October 9th, 2023 @ 12pm

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RED BANK: HUNDREDS CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH

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RED BANK: Hundreds gather to celebrate Juneteenth with a march, music, food and community in Johnny Jazz Park.

June 19th, 2023 @ 7am

RED BANK: Afternoon of activities to commemorate Juneteenth begins with march from church to Johnny Jazz Park Sunday.

June 16th, 2023 @ 8am

RED BANK: FORTUNE TO HONOR PARKERS

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RED BANK: Fortune Center to unveil exhibit honoring three history-making African-American men of medicine with the shared name of James Parker.

May 17th, 2022 @ 9am

RED BANK: Library and Fortune Center to display soil from the Eatontown site of the 1886 lynching of Samuel “Mingo” Jack Johnson as a way of bearing witness.

May 3rd, 2022 @ 2pm

RED BANK: CHARTER SCHOOL WINS EXTENSION

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RED BANK: Charter school wins renewal over opposition by district and council; Martello cites "rigorous" state review and calls for end to "divisiveness."

February 2nd, 2022 @ 11am

RED BANK: FORTUNE TO HOST VIEWING PARTY

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RED BANK: Fortune Center to host viewing party for debut of 'The Gilded Age,' a new HBO series featuring the center's namesake, T. Thomas Fortune.

December 20th, 2021 @ 3pm

RED BANK: Superintendent asks council to oppose charter school renewal, citing a 'travesty' of segregative effects over a quarter-century.

November 4th, 2021 @ 7am

RED BANK: FORTUNE TO HOST PARKER ROOM

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RED BANK: T. Thomas Fortune Center to host permanent exhibit on father-and-son physicians Drs. James Parker Sr. and Jr. under Monmouth Medical Center sponsorship.

June 23rd, 2021 @ 9am

RED BANK: MARCH INAUGURATES JUNETEENTH

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RED BANK: Juneteenth holiday inaugurated with march bookended by events at Pilgrim Baptist Church and T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center.

June 21st, 2021 @ 7am

RED BANK: JAZZMAN VISITS FORTUNE CENTER

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RED BANK: Before taking the stage at the Basie Wednesday night, Branford Marsalis paid a pre-concert visit to the T. Thomas Fortune Center.

February 27th, 2020 @ 6am

RED BANK: FORTUNE SETS ‘BASIE 2020’ SKED

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RED BANK: T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center sets 'Basie 2020' slate of events to commemorate 85th anniversary of the Count Basie Orchestra.

February 18th, 2020 @ 7am

RED BANK: FORTUNE CULTURAL CENTER OPENS

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RED BANK: With a mission of promoting civil rights, T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center opens in house that came perilously close to being bulldozed.

May 24th, 2019 @ 9am

RED BANK: FORTUNE ‘MIRACLE’ COMPLETED

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RED BANK: Once facing demolition, the onetime home of pioneering civil rights journalist T. Thomas Fortune has now been restored. You can tour it this weekend.

February 21st, 2019 @ 11am

RED BANK: HRAC TO LAUNCH ANTI-HATE DRIVE

RED BANK: KKK fliers and decline of civility in political discourse inspire borough Human Relations Advisory Committee's 'No Hate at Home' campaign.

August 27th, 2018 @ 12pm

RED BANK: WORDS AND MUSIC IN THE PARK

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RED BANK: Words of civil rights journalist T. Thomas Fortune to greet attendees to New Jersey Symphony Orchestra's sunset concert in Marine Park Sunday.

June 27th, 2018 @ 12pm

RED BANK: Rejecting allegations of enrollment bias, state education commissioner upholds charter school renewal through 2022.

April 23rd, 2018 @ 9am

RED BANK: UNITY RALLY DRAWS A MURPHY

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RED BANK: Unity march and rally spotlights Martin Luther King Jr. and gets a cameo by soon-to-be state First Lady Tammy Murphy.

January 15th, 2018 @ 8am

RED BANK: RALLY FOR IMMIGRANTS SLATED

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RED BANK: March through downtown and rally in support of undocumented aliens slated for Friday by group called Awaken Community.

November 28th, 2017 @ 4pm

RED BANK: NEW HISTORY IN FORTUNE HOUSE

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RED BANK: Builder finds new history, and a lot of rot, in effort to restore Fortune House, onetime home of pioneering civil rights journalist.

November 14th, 2017 @ 11am

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VOLUNTEERS GET INTO THE WEEDS

Toting plastic trash bags, 51 volunteers conducted a walking litter cleanup on Red Bank's West Side Saturday.

“IT’S A PARTY AT WAWA!”

You wish you could vibe like Brian, who lives on the other side of Hubbard’s Bridge. He caught redbankgreen’s attention in Red B ...

POPE OKS ORATORY

RED BANK: St. Anthony of Padua obtains papal approval to establish Oratory of St. Philip Neri, a community of priests and brothers devoted t ...

RED BANK: NEW MURAL BRIGHTENS CORNER

RED BANK: Lunch Break founder Norma Todd is depicted in a mural painted this week on the front of the newly renovated social service agency.

TULIPS TOGETHER

Spring tulips taking in the sunset outside the Molly Pitcher Inn in Red Bank Monday evening.

RIVER RANGERS RETURN

River Rangers, a summer canoeing program offered by the Navesink Maritime Heritage Association, returns this summer for up to 20 participa ...

DOUBLE DYLAN IN RED BANK

Trucks for a production company filming what one worker said was a Bob Dylan biography have lined Monmouth Street the past two days with cre ...

A pear tree branch brought down by a brief overnight storm left a lovely tableau on the sidewalk in front of Red Bank's Riverside Gardens Pa ...

CONE OF UNCERTAINTY

Asked by a redbankgreen reporter why these cones were on top of cars, the owner of the car in the foreground responded: “That’s ...

RAIL RIDER’S VIEW

A commuter's view of Cooper's Bridge and the Navesink River from North Jersey Coast Line train 3320 out of Red Bank Tuesday morning.

PUT ME IN COACH!

Red Bank T-Ball kicked off at East Side park on Saturday morning. The brisk weather proved to be no deterrent to the young players, ranging ...

Once proudly declaring its all-but-certain arrival in Spring 2019, the project previously known as Azalea Gardens springs to life again with ...

SPRINGTIME MEMORIES OF CARL

The Easter Bunny getup and St. Patrick’s Day hat that belonged to longtime Red Bank crossing guard and neighborhood smile-creator Carl ...

RED TRUCKS AT RED ROCK

A small dishwasher fire at Red Rock Tap and Grill was put out quickly by firefighters overnight, causing minimal damage. Red Bank Fire Depar ...

CREATIVE COVER UP

The windows of Pearl Street Consignment on Monmouth Street were smashed when a driver crashed their car through them injuring an employee la ...

THEY’RE BACK!

Ospreys returned to the skies over Red Bank this week for the first time since they migrated to warmer climes in late fall. With temperature ...

SPRING IS SPRUNG

RED BANK: Spring 2024 arrives on the Greater Red Bank Green with the vernal equinox at 11:06 p.m. Tuesday.

RED BANK’S FINEST – AND NEWEST

Red Bank Police Officer Eliot Ramos was sworn in as the force’s newest patrolman Thursday, and if you’re doing a double take thinkin ...

EASTER EGG MAYHEM AT THE PARK

An errant whistle spurred an unexpectedly early start to the Spring Egg Hunt on Sunday, which had been scheduled to begin at eggsactly 11am ...

PRESEASON DOCKWORK

RED BANK: With winter winding down, marina gets ready for boating season with some dockwork on our beautiful Navesink River.