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Friday marked 75 years since Jackie Robinson became the first African American to play Major League Baseball

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Ridgewood NJ, Friday marked 75 years since Jackie Robinson became the first African American to play Major League Baseball and broke barriers beyond the field. Seventy-five years ago today, in Brooklyn, New York.

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The Historic Van Dien-Ruffgarten House in Paramus Maybe Saved Yet

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Paramus NJ, the historic Van Dien-Ruffgarten House, which has ties to a tiny community of free African American homesteaders, has once again received a reprieve from demolition.

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