History
The Real Stolen Election – Frank Hague and the NJ Governor’s Race of 1937
YouTubeIn late 1937, Jersey City's powerful Mayor and political power broker, Frank Hague, faced some of the fiercest challenges of his long career. Deteriorating relations with organized labor, especially with the CIO, would culminate in violent clashes over the right to rally and organize on city streets - leading eventually to a Supreme Court case […]
Miller Branch Celebrates 100 Years Anniversary!
Miller Branch 489 Bergen Ave., Jersey City, NJ, United StatesJoin Miller Branch library as we celebrate the 100th year anniversary with a full day of celebration, food, games, speakers, giveaways & much more.
Walking the Old Boonton Line – From Montclair to Jersey City
New Jersey Room - Priscilla Gardner Main Library 472 Jersey Ave., Jersey City, NJ, United StatesThe Old Boonton Line of the Erie Railroad is the proposed route of a paved bike path that will stretch from Montclair to Jersey City. Wheeler Antabanez (Writer, Photographer, Weird NJ Correspondent) walked the rails one last time before the tracks disappear. After reaching the Hudson River Waterfront, Wheeler took to the sky in a […]
Stories of Slavery in NJ – with Rick Geffken
New Jersey Room - Priscilla Gardner Main Library 472 Jersey Ave., Jersey City, NJ, United StatesSlavery was “baked into” New Jersey from its very beginnings. In the 1664-65 Concession and Agreement of the Lords Proprietors of the Province of New Caesarea, or New Jersey, Lord John Berkeley and Sir George Carteret granted prospective colonists 75 acres of land “for every weaker servant, or slave, male or female, exceeding the age […]