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N.J. has a racial gap in home ownership. Step one to fix that? More Black realtors, group says. Updated 9:00 AM; Today 9:00 AM Clara Lyons-DeVaughn posed in front of a home in Somerdale on Friday. Lyons-DeVaughn chairs the Southern New Jersey Chapter of the National Association of Real Estate Brokers, a nationwide group that is collaborating with the Homelight online listing service on a scholarship program to encourage more African Americans to become brokers.Joe Warner | For NJ Advance Media Facebook Share When Assata Thomas was 26 and shopping for a house, she just happened to end up with a realtor who, like her, was Black. ....