Some thoughts about why Asbury Park needs a Human Rights Commission… Santayana reminds us: “They who do not remember their history are bound to repeat it.” [Paraphrase] “Remembering” the negatives, as well as the positives, is essential to authentic inclusivity: racial segregation of blacks in neighborhoods, schools, jobs, businesses, beaches, etc; all have created a […]

Asbury Park resident and Civil Rights foot soldier Rev Gil Caldwell was born in 1933 at a segregated hospital in Greensboro, N.C. In an April 3 article published by his alma mater Boston University, Caldwell recalled how his birth would be the first of several segregated experience he would endure. His neighborhood was segregated, his […]

City elder Rev. Gil Caldwell is most known as a civil rights activist; marching along Rev. Martin Luther King Jr who he first met in 1958, having been jailed for publicly supporting equal rights, and being turned away from a Pennsylvania hotel during his honeymoon with wife Grace. The retired United Methodist Church minister, who […]

Asbury Park resident Gil Caldwell and his wife Grace will be guests on the Steve [Harvey Show] this week. The daytime talk show taped the segment Monday to spotlight just how a group of fifth graders took a stand to help the couple get the honeymoon they were barred from having 60 years ago. Harvey […]

The latest play by the American Poetry Theater will make its local debut 7 p.m. Feb 10 at  Second Baptist Church of Asbury Park. A compilation of monologues that answer the question – why do these lives matter, the play offers real life vignettes from African Americans as they were lived in 2017, said Rich […]

Editor, Asbury Park Sun, I remember a Scripture that says something like this: A prophet is without honor in his hometown. This does not apply to me. I have been humbled as I have been honored in Asbury Park. The City Council, Second Baptist Church, St. Stephens AME Zion Church, AP Kwanzaa, the T. Thomas […]

Church and state came together Sunday during the annual reflection and celebration of the life of Rev Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, held at St Stephens AME Zion Church on Springwood Avenue. Held for over 15 years, the event recognizes city residents and leaders who contribute significantly to civil rights, education, social justice, peace and […]

The Annual Salute to Greatness Tribute, honoring the life and work of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, will be held 11 a.m. Sunday at St. Stephen AME Zion Church on Springwood Avenue. Held for over 15 years, the event recognizes Asbury Park community members and leaders who contribute significantly to civil rights, education, social […]

The Asbury Park Master Plan Reexamination Report was unanimously adopted by the Planning Board Monday night. The Report serves as an update to what is is essentially the City’s planning and development road map, and included changes based on community comments made during its unveiling earlier this fall and online. “Subsequent to that last meeting…and […]

Comedic greats Jon Stewart, Janeane Garofalo, and Colin Quinn join media well-knowns Rachel Maddow, Russell Simmons, and Soledad O’Brien in The Muslims Are Coming, a comedic documentary being screened 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Trinity Episcopal Church, located at 503 Asbury Ave. A part of The Racial Justice Project’s Dialogue Series, the free screening features guest […]