By Yannick Wood Fifty-five years ago this March, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. visited the City of Newark to promote the Poor People’s Campaign. Eight days later, he was dead – assassinated on a motel balcony in Memphis, Tenn. As we mark Dr. King’s birthday this weekend, Newark – and all of New Jersey – continue, despite our progress, to suffer from some of the same racial injustices that existed on the day of Dr. King’s visit. During our modern-day “racial reckoning” just two years ago, the nation had its eyes focused on this enduring challenge. While sparked by the murder of George Floyd, the o…
