C. Roy Epps, president and CEO of the Civic League of Greater New Brunswick and a member of Rutgers’ Robeson Centennial Committee, led the initiative to rename Commercial Avenue in Robeson’s honor. The dedication ceremony represented a collaboration between the City of New Brunswick, the Civic League of Greater New Brunswick, the New Brunswick Board of Education, Rutgers University, Holy Family Parish and Sharon Baptist Church.

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