Even when faced with his own death, he initiated the 'laughter is the best medicine' theory.

How many small cities like ours can claim the fame of having had a Nobel Prize winner come from their city and school system? Plus, there are the others who are giving us good reasons to be proud of our city and history.

[Jeanette] was one of the four great black boxers of the early 1900s, and he owned a boxing gym on 26th Street and Summit Avenue. Jeanette Street between Summit Avenue and Kennedy Boulevard is named for him.

This is one more surprise for people in this area; we not only had a Nobel Prize winner, but a Pulitzer Prize winner, and he even wrote a poem that mentioned New York Avenue, in Union City. I hope that as a result of these articles, the city residents will become interested in learning about all the people and things and places that we can call 'our own' and should respect and honor.

Always laugh when you can, it is cheap medicine.

Laughter is one of the best medicines that may help us get by in life one day at a time.