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When Cory A. Booker took office as mayor of Newark, N.J. in 2006, he assumed responsibility for a city torn by crime, economic instability, and explosive racial tensions. Booker, an Yale-educated lawyer, ran on platform of reforming the city’s government and reducing crime. Since taking office, his mayoral agenda—which some consider too idealistic for the harsh reality of Newark, which was decimated following notorious race riots in 1967 riots—has been closely monitored by his constituents and the national media alike. This heavy dose of idealism is what the future lawyers...
...years into his term, Booker spoke to Law School students in the historic Ames Courtroom about the importance of taking risks for one’s community...
Mayor Cory A. Booker of Newark, N.J. addressed graduates of Harvard Law School at their Class Day ceremony yesterday...
...Cory A. Booker: No, I really wanted to be a community activist. And I had some specific heroes at that time. People like Geoffrey Canada who is the head of the Harlem Children’s Zone—somebody who I really revered. He was able to create a great comprehensive community initiative. And people like Marian Wright Edelman were creating an entire movement around children. So I didn’t necessarily think that the best way to make change was through politics until I got on the ground in Newark...
...School Class Day, 2:30, with speaker Cory Booker, mayor of Newark, New Jersey. Holmes Field...