african american 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: 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: 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

FAIR HAVEN: PARK OPENS ON OLD HOUSE SITE

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FAIR HAVEN: After more than a decade of work, borough opens passive park where generations of an African-American family lived overlooking the Navesink.

October 16th, 2019 @ 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: 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

RED BANK: RACIAL ROOTS OF MEMORIAL DAY

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RED BANK: As part of a series called "Let's Talk About Race," the library hosts a lecture Wednesday night on "The Surprising Origins of Memorial Day."

May 31st, 2017 @ 5am

RED BANK: HOMEBUILDER EYES FACTORIES

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RED BANK: Homebuilder plans to raze West Side buildings, including millworks and former guitar factory, to replace them with townhouses.

April 25th, 2017 @ 2pm

RED BANK: FORTUNE HOUSE’S GOOD FORTUNE

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RED BANK: The crumbling Fortune House gives journalism students a taste of what it's planned to become: a cultural and educational center.

July 28th, 2016 @ 10am

RED BANK: FORTUNE HOUSE RESCUE PLAN OK’D

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RED BANK: A plan to save the Fortune House, and build 31 apartments out back, wins zoning board approval..

July 22nd, 2016 @ 1am

RED BANK: FORTUNE HOUSE PLAN SCHEDULED

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RED BANK: A developer's plan to preserve the Fortune House, and build 32 apartments, goes to the zoning board this week.

July 18th, 2016 @ 9am

RED BANK: BUILDER EYES FORTUNE HOUSE SITE

RED BANK: Developer Roger Mumford has a plan to save the Fortune House, but it comes with a catch.

June 28th, 2016 @ 9am

Partyline

CRASH ON LEIGHTON

The driver of this car was headed north on Leighton Avenue when they it hit an SUV pulling a work trailer headed in south in the opposing la ...

CAR VS STREET SIGN

The driver of this Mercedes hopped the curb and toppled the street sign at the corner of South Pearl and Drs. James Parker Boulevard Wednesd ...

SKETCHES OF RED BANK BY LOCAL ARTIST MICHAEL WHITE

Sketches of Red Bank scenes have been floating around on social media and we thought they deserved some spotlight. First appearing in our fe ...

Utility pole falls on English Plaza shop Forge after being struck by SUV shortly before noon. No injuries reported, though 86-year-old drive ...

It’s a tough turn for our hero as Rocky Balboa is relegated to the curb for trash pickup on Locust Avenue. We’ll have to go back ...

“EL PALOMO” IS IN THE HOUSE

Jesus Rios, a mariachi singer who performs under the stage name “El Palomo” (The dove) pauses for a moment before entering a bac ...

CROC SPOTTED IN RIVER

Frighteningly hideous and green, a solitary Croc lurked ominously amid the flotsam and foam in the Navesink River alongside the Red Bank Fir ...

KISS ICON REFLECTS ON BROADWALK

A Swarovski crystal-bedazzled self-portrait painting of Paul Stanley, longtime singer and guitarist for the rock band Kiss peers out from a ...

CHISELIN’ AWAY

Marcelo Garcia Lopez works with hammer and chisel on a new feature for his flower garden on Shrewsbury Avenue: a hollow in a carved log in w ...

STORM CLEANUP CONTINUES

Saturday’s storm sent a tree toppling on this house on Bank Street, damaging the roof. Workers Wednesday could be seen removing ...

SNAPPING IN THE BREEZE

RED BANK: Blustery winds had the flags in Riverside Gardens Park snapping Monday evening.

POWER LINE DOWN

Red Bank firefighters were on scene at Manor Drive dealing with a live power line Monday afternoon. There was no immediate report of fire. T ...

TAR BEACH SOLSTICE

Aldo Quiroz of Ocean Township came ready with his beach chair and found a shady spot to spend his lunch hour in a parking lot off Broad Stre ...

Workers painting the stone facade of the PNC Bank at the corner of Broad and Harding Thursday morning. An upgrade? Maybe it’s just pri ...

COFFEE & WILDLIFE

RED BANK: The best wildlife show in town can be taken in from a waterfront bench outside the public library, and it's totally free.

FAWNING OVER HER BABY

A mother deer and her fawn were spotted between a row of garages on Hudson Avenue and some trees alongside the Broad Street parking lots. Re ...

RED BANK: Sailors in Monmouth Boat Club's weekly racing series found tranquil conditions on the Navesink River Tuesday evening.

PEAK COLOR ON BROAD

RED BANK: A year after they were installed, downtown mini gardens have added to "transformational" improvements, says business owner.

RED BANK: FAIRIES MOVE IN ON WHITE STREET

Red Bank: Girl scouts turns tiny parking lot plot of dirt into a "magical girls sparkle garden."

TRAINING UNDER FIRE

RED BANK: Volunteer firefighters train to cut into pitched roofs under active fire conditions.