N.J. town's first Black councilman, a 'trailblazer,' dies at 82
N.J. town’s first Black councilman, a ‘trailblazer,’ dies at 82 Updated Feb 24, 2021; Facebook Share Fred Bost, a longtime community organizer and local politician died Sunday, at 82, family told NJ Advance Media. He was the first Black councilman in Irvington, according to the township, where his two terms came twenty years apart — one beginning in 1980, the other in 2000. Wednesday, Irvington mayor Tony Vauss called Bost a local pioneer. “He was sort of the trailblazer of Black ele...
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