NJSBA headquarters, New Brunswick, NJ. Credit: Google Minorities in the Profession Section hosts vibrant Black History Month Celebration
Over 70 people attended the Feb. 24 Minorities in the Profession Section's annual Black History Month Celebration. The crowd enjoyed food from Delta's in New Brunswick, thrilled in meeting in person at the New Jersey Law Center once again while cheering on high school students in a Black history trivia contest. Raymond M. Brown delivered the evening's keynote address, a searing reflection on the hopeful lyrics in J. Rosamond Johnson and James Weldon Johnson's "Lift Every Voice and Sing," also known as the Black national anthem. He urged continued vigilance on racial justice, and all the inhumanities of our time. "We have to be victorious," he said. "There is a possibility that we can build something here we can be proud of…there is so much more we can do as we face the rising sun and build that new day."BAR REPORT - March 7, 2022
Minorities in the Profession Section's annual Black History Month Celebration; this week's Capitol Report; and current events and opportunities from the NJSBF.
March 07, 2022 at 10:30 AM
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NJSBA headquarters, New Brunswick, NJ. Credit: Google
Minorities in the Profession Section hosts vibrant Black History Month Celebration
Over 70 people attended the Feb. 24 Minorities in the Profession Section's annual Black History Month Celebration. The crowd enjoyed food from Delta's in New Brunswick, thrilled in meeting in person at the New Jersey Law Center once again while cheering on high school students in a Black history trivia contest. Raymond M. Brown delivered the evening's keynote address, a searing reflection on the hopeful lyrics in J. Rosamond Johnson and James Weldon Johnson's "Lift Every Voice and Sing," also known as the Black national anthem. He urged continued vigilance on racial justice, and all the inhumanities of our time. "We have to be victorious," he said. "There is a possibility that we can build something here we can be proud of…there is so much more we can do as we face the rising sun and build that new day."
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