MAYOR RAS J. BARAKA STATEMENT ON PASSING OF FORMER NEWARK COUNCIL PRESIDENT MILDRED C. CRUMP

"Anyone who knew or was impacted by the heart and mind of Mildred Crump feels deep sadness at her passing today. Yet, we cannot deny that our sadness is overshadowed by profound gratitude for how she plied her considerable gifts and talents to make the world a better place. Hers was a life brimming with countless acts to improve the lives of people not only here in Newark, but clear across the globe.

"The fact that she was the first Black woman to attain many stations in life is but a byproduct of her conviction in the righteousness of uplifting others, and as we remember her through the years to come, her name will rise first as one who defied every barrier to chart her own course and blaze a trail for the rest of us."

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