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Lawrence Hamm
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Lawrence Hamm (born December 24, 1954) is an American civil rights activist from Newark, New Jersey. He is the Chairman and among the founders of the People's Organization for Progress, a grassroots justice organization active since 1982.[1]
His political platform includes "universal health care, a living wage for all, an end to war and excessive military spending, reparations for slavery, stronger voting and union rights, accountability for police brutality, affordable housing, climate change reversal, and the abolition of poverty".[2] He often cites inspiration from Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s progressive agenda,[2] including the tenets of racial integration, wealth redistribution, and nonviolent civil disobedience.
Hamm assisted as state co-chair for the presidential campaigns of Jesse Jackson in 1988 and Bernie Sanders in 2020. He also ran for Senate in 2020 and 2024.
He successfully campaigned to heighten the State's minimum wage to $15 an hour,[1] and for the right to "independent investigation if someone dies during interaction with or while in custody of police".[1]
- ^ a b c "Heroes Walk Beside Us: Featuring Larry Hamm, a Man Who Fights For Justice". TAPinto. Retrieved 2025-01-29.
- ^ a b DiFilippo, Dana (2024-01-15). "Newark activist embraces 'Dr. Martin Luther King's agenda' in U.S. Senate bid • New Jersey Monitor". New Jersey Monitor. Retrieved 2025-01-29.
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