Englewood Makes History

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  • William Moses Kunstler was an attorney and civil rights activist. Kunstler graduated from Yale before serving in World War II in the Philippines. He graduated from Columbia Law School in 1948. He taught at Pace College's Business School and New York Law School in the 1950s.…
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  • Shirley M. Lacy was a civil rights strategist, Black feminist organizer, and public official whose work spanned grassroots protest, policy reform, and electoral politics in New Jersey for more than four decades. Based in Englewood, she became a central figure in northern…
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  • Florence Haskell Corliss Lamont was a civil leader and philanthropist. She graduated from Smith College in 1893 and received an M.A. in Philosophy from Columbia University. Her philanthropic work focused on international peace and education. She supported the New School for…
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  • Thomas William Lamont was an American banker. He graduated from Harvard in 1892. After the firm he was working for suffered financial problems, he helped reorganize the firm which was renamed Lamont, Corlis & Co. in 1898. He became the secretary and treasurer of Bankers Trust…
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  • John K. Lattimer (1914–2007), long time Englewood resident, was an American urologist whose career spanned medicine, military service, forensic investigation, and historical research, often courting controversy. During World War II, he served as a U.S. Army physician and was…
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  • Bessie Lebson was a religious activist. She was one of the founders of the Congregation Ahavath Torah. She lived in Englewood for over fifty years and married Michael Lebson. She had five sons, Jacob M., Samuel, Abram A., Dr. Isadore W., and David.
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  • Michael Lebson was a spiritual leader and business owner. He lived in Englewood for over thirty-five years and owned a jewelry business. He was a founder of the Congregation Ahavath Torah. He married Bessie N. He had five sons, Jacob M., Samuel, Abram A., Dr. Isadore W., and…
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  • Samuel "Sam" Lee is a journalist, documentarian, and folk historian. He focuses on digitalizing African American history. He graduated from the Television Arts Production and Editing program in 1986 and attended the Center For Media from 1986 to 1987. From 2007 to 2010 he taught…
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  • Pearl Levine was the longtime owner of Dave's Luncheonette. Generations of Englewood youth bought candy and comic books at Dave's.
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  • Anne Morrow Lindbergh was a poet, author, and aviator. She wrote numerous books and poems including "North to the Orient" (1935), "Gift From the Sea" (1955), and "Earth Shine" (1969). She learned aviation from her husband Charles Lindbergh. She met him in Mexico after her…
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