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Dr. James Oliver Horton, Jan. 1961 ANDRE HOLLIS Dr. James Oliver Horton, Jan. 1961 Newark school district History professor remembered as pioneer expresses support for African American research for Weequahic By Monica Mercuri, GW Hatchet, February 26, 2017 On December 12, 2017, Robert Gregory, Newark’s Deputy Superin- Family and colleagues tendent of Schools, sent a letter to the say James Oliver WHS Alumni Association announcing Horton will be plans to reinvigorate the high school. remembered for Below are some excerpts: pushing boundaries “The Newark Public Schools is about and fighting to keep to enter and launch a phase of planning African American and implementation of the redevelop- history intact. Horton, ment of curricular programs and an emeritus American options at Weequahic High School to Studies and history ensure it is one of the premier second- professor, died ary schools in Newark. February 20, 2017. He was 73 years old. “...In January, we will survey staff, students, alumni, and parents to gain a Born in Newark and a 1961 graduate of Weequahic deeper understanding of the areas of High School, Dr. Horton taught at George Washington improvement they would like to see, in University from 1977 to 2008 as the Benjamin addition to their preferences of Banneker Professor of American Studies and History. programs of study and career path- He began his teaching career at the University of ways...Our goal is to create several Michigan, where he taught history until 1977. He college and career readiness acade- became the Senior Fulbright Professor at the University mies...We are committed to providing of Munich in 1988. the alumni (association) monthly status His wife, Lois Horton, an emeritus professor of history reports through Weequahic High at George Mason University, said she and her husband School’s Leadership team.” met as college students at the State University of New York at Buffalo and were married in 1964. He earned his bachelor’s degree in history there the same year. “He was a singer and had a band and I was on ANDRE HOLLIS the cheerleading squad,” Lois Horton said. “We were married for 53 years.” New WHS Principal Dr. Horton and Lois Horton co-authored four books together, including the Pulitzer Prize-nominated book, In Hope of Liberty: Culture, Community and Protest among Northern Free Blacks in 1997. Lois Horton said they made memories traveling and doing research together on African American history. “When we first started doing research together on the black community in Boston, everyone said ‘Oh that’s not possible, there was no community and the documents aren’t there,’” she said. “So we took it as a challenge and managed actually to recreate that community from before the Civil War.” Horton served on the White House Millennium Andre Hollis, who was born and Council as a historical expert for former Secretary of raised in Newark and has over 20 years State Hillary Clinton, traveling with her Save America’s experience in education, was appointed Treasures bus tour during her time as first lady. Principal of Weequahic High School in In the fall of 2000, Horton was one of two historians October. appointed by former President Bill Clinton to serve on the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission - a He began his career in education federal committee that worked to commemorate serving as a teacher-leader and school Lincoln’s 200th birthday. leadership team and technology coord- inator for the Plainfield Public Schools and was named teacher of the year for (Continued on page 22) Barlow Elementary School in 2001. (Continued on page 3) SHEILA OLIVER “Our Heart of Stone” 1970 grad is elected NJ’s Lieutenant Governor ALUMNI CALUMET is a publication of the WHS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Editor, Layout & Design: Phil Yourish, 1964 Proofreading: Dave Lieberfarb, 1965 Myra Lawson, 1970 Our thanks for articles and photos from This past November 4th marked the The Star-Ledger, NJ.com, NJ Jewish News, 10-year anniversary of the passing of and NJ Monthly Magazine. Some of the articles On Election Day, November 7th, have been edited. Democrat Phil Murphy won the our beloved Principal Ronald G. Stone. New Jersey governor’s race, making his running mate, Sheila Oliver, the state’s first Black lieutenant gover- CONTACT US nor. She is now the second highest- WHS Alumni Association ranking official in the State of New P.O. Box 494, Newark, NJ 07101 Jersey. (973) 923-3133 Oliver, 65, is a native of Newark and [email protected] the first African-American woman weequahicalumi.org Assembly Speaker in New Jersey. She has more than a dozen years of legislative experience, serving in NEW BOARD MEMBERS the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature since 2004. She also COREY served on the Essex County Board of Freeholders from 1996 to 1999. ROGERS Class of A Weequahic 1970 alum, Oliver graduated cum laude with a B.A.in 2009 Sociology from Lincoln University Paula Borenstein, from the class of 1967, in 1974 and was awarded an M.S. donated her cheerleading jacket to the degree from Columbia University WHS Alumni archives. She was the BEN in Planning and Administration in captain of the cheerleader squad. 1976. WOLFE Class of In addition to being second in com- 1955 mand, the new governor announced that he will be nominating Oliver to serve as the Commissioner of RECENT CONTRIBUTORS the Department of Community $200 or more Affairs, a cabinet appointment. Steve Bogner, 1966 Purchase your inscribed legacy Class of 1951, Class of 1958 brick to be placed at the entrance Class of 1962, Class of 1963 of Weequahic High School. Marvin Gibson Family To order a brick, go to Dena Gittleman Greenstein, 1964 Judy Herr, 1964 http://www.polarengraving.com/WeequahicAlumni Jewish Historical Society NJ David Horace, 1987 or call Myra at (973) 923-3133 Warren Kessler, 1960 Arnold Keller, 1952 Installation is projected for Janice Krusch, 1958 Billi Marcus, 1955 Patricia Masin Co-President Co-President Treasurer Executive Director Advisor Howard Nacht, 1958 Neil, 1964, and Leni Salkind Pamela Scott-Threets, 1966 Gloria Shapiro Hastreiter, 1946 LaRome Talley Ben Wolfe, 1955 Marc Tarabour Karim Arnold Art Lutzke Myra Lawson Phil Yourish 2 LOCAL CONTROL RETURNS TO NEWARK SCHOOLS The move comes after decades of fierce battles with the state and boiling frustrations among Newarkers who had little lever- A new chapter is beginning for the state's largest public school age over their schools. Key in the power shift: The local school system. The state Board of Education voted on September 13th board will now have the ability to hire its own superintendent. to end its takeover of the Newark school district and begin the Mayor Ras Baraka said: "We now have control over our own transition to return control to the city after 22 years. children's lives.” immediate goal is to get the enrollment of the NEW WHS PRINCIPAL WHS alumni reassured school up to 750. (Continued from page 1) Optimism set in after the state returned By Robert Wiener, NJ Jewish News, 11-29-17 In 2006, Mr. Hollis was selected control of Newark’s schools to the city this as the Director of New Horizon After several years of serious concern, year. Robert Gregory, Newark’s deputy Community Charter School, a K-5 students, educators, parents, and alumni of superintendent for high schools, assured an elementary school in Newark. Newark’s esteemed Weequahic High School alumni meeting on Oct. 18 that “the school is are breathing sighs of relief. The school, on its way to being upgraded,” according to Among his accomplishments, Mr. which opened in 1933, was once an iconic Tarabour. Hollis earned a Master’s degree in center of what was Newark’s thriving Jewish Education and Supervision from community. But in recent years, and now Yourish and Myra Lawson, the current alumni Executive Director, “look forward to a Cambridge University in Massa- with a predominantly African-American chusetts, and a BA from Rutgers student body, it had been threatened with Weequahic High School that has outstanding leadership, ample resources, a solid academic University. He was accepted to closing. Harvard University’s Principal’s program, a caring staff, the full support of the Institute where he trained along- That had been the intention of Cami Ander- Newark school district, and most important, a side educational leaders from son, whom Gov. Chris Christie appointed as learning environment where students can be around the world. superintendent of Newark Public Schools in successful.” Lawson added, “We are very 2011, at a time when the state government optimistic. The whole climate has turned A Vailsburg High School grad, controlled operations of the system. The state around.” Andre is one of the founding returned operation of the schools to the city ”Tarabour hopes that a strengthened school members of Black Nia FORCE, government in September, and Anderson the Newark chapter-based organi- resigned in June 2015. will lead to a strengthened alumni associa- zation that initiated citywide feed- tion. “Our job now is to provide the dollars ings and clothing, voter education Despite those plans, “we have fought it, and it for scholarships and student activities. Right and registration, cultural program- is not going to happen,” said Marc Tarabour, now, financially, we cannot do things like ming, mobile health screenings, a member of the class of 1963 who serves as that,” he told NJJN. A Marine Corps veteran and rental assistance. co-president of the Weequahic High School of the Vietnam War, Tarabour considers him- Alumni Association. “It was the activism of self “a conservative Republican who is a very Mr. Hollis has made numerous our alumni association that prevented closure liberal person when it comes to education and professional presentations, includ- from happening,” said Phil Yourish, the other social issues.” ing workshops on establishing retired executive director of the association.
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