Thursday, February 26, 2026 at 6:00pm
Newark Public Library, Centennial Hall, 2nd floor
Presenters: Father Edwin Leahy and Anthiny DePalma
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Tuesday, April 14, 2026 at 6:00pm
Newark Public Library, James Brown African American Room, 2nd floor
Presenters: George Robb and Linda Forgosh
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Tuesday, June 2, 2026 at 6:00pm
Newark Public Library, James Brown African American Room, 2nd floor
Presenter: Gail Malmgreen
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The Newark History Society has received a new grant of $6,120 for FY2026 from the New Jersey Historical Commission to fund ongoing work on the Newark Archives Project database. Overall, the Society has raised more than $300,000 for the Newark Archives Project since 2009.
The New Jersey Council for the Humanities awarded its 2025 Stanley N. Katz Prize for Excellence in Public Humanities to the “Honoring Cudjo Banquante” celebration. Administered by the Newark History Society in collaboration with the NJ Daughters of the American Revolution, 1804 Consultants, New Jersey Historical Society, and the NJ Center for Performing Arts, the project explored the story of Cudjo Banquante, an enslaved man who fought in Washington’s Army, gained freedom, and became Newark’s first documented Black business owner. https://njhumanities.org/katz-prize/
At the 2012 New Jersey Forum on November 17, 2012, the New Jersey Historical Commission presented its Award of Recognition to the Newark History Society “for Outstanding Service to Public Knowledge and Preservation of the History of New Jersey”. Ronald Becker, Head of Special Collections and University Archives at Rutgers in New Brunswick, made the presentation to the Society on behalf of NJHC.