Englewood Makes History

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  • Save Our Neighborhood Schools (SONS) was an organization that opposed racial desegregation efforts in Englewood. According to the organization's leader, George Hatab, SONS believed that it was not the duty of the Englewood Board of Education to promote desegregation of schools…
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  • The Friends of Dr. William F. Willoughby Auxiliary was founded in 1952-1953. Marie Davis founded the organization and became its first president. She named the organization after the first black doctor as Englewood Hospital. The organization raised funds for new beds and to…
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  • St. Anthony's Orthodox Church was the first Pan-Orthodox Parish in North America. In 1956 Mitchell Moore, Theodore Maloof, Abraham G. Debs, George Shamyer, Edward Deeb, Alex Sahadi, and George A. Hatab started the mission. They began the congregation at St. Paul's Episcopal…
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  • The Landlord-Tenant Relations Board was created in 1972 by the City Council to mediate between city tenants and landlords.
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  • Englewood Tenants Association was developed in the late 1960s. The president was John Carter. This organization was a gathering of tenants who called for action due to poor housing conditions including a lack of sanitation, inadequate utilities, and high rent prices.
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  • The Church of God in Christ is a Christian church in Englewood. The church has had numerous spiritual leaders including Reverand C.C. Chapman. Steven Schwartz is one of the most recent pastors. One of the church's structures was created on October 18, 1934.

  • The Bergen County Branch of the Congress of Racial Equality.
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  • The Congress of Racial Equality was founded in 1942. A group of interracial students in Chicago established the group. The organization was heavily involved in the Civil Rights Movement and eventually worked with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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  • The Mehfil-e-Shahe-Khorasan is a mosque in Englewood. It was established in 1975. The original building caught fire in 1978.
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  • The City Council of Englewood first met in 1904. The council is a legislative branch of the local government. Five members are elected for three-year terms. Four are elected by their wards and the final is elected in a city-wide vote.
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