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February is Black History Month. This is a great time to recognize the important role that the Black community has played in Bayonne since the beginning. Black history is part of American history and Bayonne history.
Our municipality became the Township of Bayonne in 1861 and the City of Bayonne in 1869. In the 1860’s, Bayonne was a rural community with a very small population. Most local people made a living from farming, fishing, and boating. Many Black residents worked in the shellfish trade at a time when oysters and clams thrived around Bayonne. After Standard Oil arrived in the 1870s, Bayonne’s economy changed dramatically.
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The Black community gets behind ‘Give Thanks Bayonne’
The aim is to feed the hungry
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3 / 3 Give Thanks Bayonne poses with members of the Bayonne Police Department who helped with the food distribution.
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3 / 3 Give Thanks Bayonne poses with members of the Bayonne Police Department who helped with the food distribution.
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To support those in need of food assistance for Thanksgiving, “Give Thanks Bayonne” distributed uncooked meals and hot plates of food to hundreds of local families.
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Coming together
Black in Bayonne gathered a majority of the Black-owned organizations, nonprofits, and businesses in the city on Nov. 4. During the meeting, the various groups agreed that they needed to work as a collective to do something for the community.