Overview
Cory Booker
Known For
The First Step
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John Lewis: Good Trouble
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Justice Now: A BET News Special
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The Road to Mass Incarceration
This video, The Road to Mass Incarceration, by Greenhouse Media...
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America
When Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered in Memphis, TN...
Biography
Cory Anthony Booker (born April 27, 1969) is an American politician, attorney, and author who has served as the junior United States senator from New Jersey since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Booker is the first African-American U.S. senator from New Jersey. He was the 38th mayor of Newark from 2006 to 2013, and served on the Municipal Council of Newark for the Central Ward from 1998 to 2002.