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A tribute to the late New Jersey Congressman Donald Payne Jr. of Newark and poet Jerome Rothenberg

By Doug Doyle
Published April 27, 2024 at 5:51 AM EDT
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Rep. Donald Payne Jr., D-N.J., poses for a ceremonial photo in the Rayburn Room of the Capitol after the new 113th Congress convened on Jan. 3, 2013, in Washington. Congressman Payne died this past Wednesday at the age of 65.
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Rep. Donald Payne Jr., D-N.J., poses for a ceremonial photo in the Rayburn Room of the Capitol after the new 113th Congress convened on Jan. 3, 2013, in Washington. Congressman Payne died this past Wednesday at the age of 65.

On the April 27 edition of the WBGO Journal...

Today we remember New Jersey Congressman Donald Payne Jr. who died earlier this week at the age of 65….

WBGO’s Kenneth Burns takes us for a ride about the electric buses at Princeton University…..

We’ll get a tour of a wind project at the Jersey Shore….

WBGO’s Jon Kalish has a special remembrance of The internationally acclaimed poet Jerome Rothenberg….

Jerome Rothenberg
Matthew Rothenberg
Jerome Rothenberg

And Film Critic Harlan Jacobson reviews the new hit movie Civil War

Scene from movie Civil War
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Scene from movie Civil War

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Doug Doyle
Doug Doyle has been News Director at WBGO since 1998 and has taken his department to new heights in coverage and recognition. Doug and his staff have received more than 250 awards from organizations like PRNDI (now PMJA), AP, New York Association of Black Journalists, Garden State Association of Black Journalists and the New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists.
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