1914 - 1974
Irvine I. Turner
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1913
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| Birthplace |
Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
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| Died |
1974
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| Place of Death |
Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
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| Occupation Text |
Politician
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Irvine I. Turner (1914–1974) politician who was the first Black official in Newark, New Jersey elected to the Municipal Council when he took office in 1954. He was also publisher and co-editor of a Black weekly newspaper The New Jersey Record. He was known for his "flamboyant personality and fiery rhetoric". Mayor Kenneth A. Gibson called him "a man who paved the way for black people to be elected to public office." Irvine Turner Boulevard, a large street in Newark, is named after him.
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