Englewood Makes History

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  • The Urban League for Bergen County is a volunteer auxiliary of the National Urban League. It began in 1918 under as the League for Social Service Among Colored People.
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  • The League of Women's Voters is an organization dedicated to helping women use their right to vote. It was founded by the National American Woman Suffrage Association in Chicago, on February 14, 1920. They have a chapter in Bergen County.
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  • The League of Women's Voters is an organization dedicated to helping women use their right to vote. They have a chapter in Bergen County.
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  • The Liberty School was founded in 1903. It was renamed the Russell C. Major Liberty School in 1999 after the death of Educator Russell C. Major. Due to the building's structural integrity deteriorating the school district sold the building in 2003.
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  • The Lincoln Elementary School was created in 1869 on Humphrey Street and Englewood Avenue. The school was originally known as the Brick School House. At some point before 1900 it was named Lincoln School. The building was burned down in 1917, however, a new one was made in 1918…
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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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  • Memorial House stood for decades as the physical and symbolic center of organized social work in Englewood. More than simply a clubhouse, it functioned as a gathering place, training ground, educational center, and stabilizing force in the city’s working-class neighborhoods. Yet…
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  • Mount Calvary Baptist Church was created in 1957 by Reverend William Samuel. The parishioners would meet at his home until a building was constructed at 1375 Boston Road in the Bronx. The church moved to 181 Warren Street in Englewood in 1962. Another building which was the…
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  • The National American Women Suffrage Association was formed in 1890 when the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) and the American Suffrage Association (AWSA) merged. They were previously opposing groups due to disagreement over strategy. Elizabeth Casy Stanton became the…
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  • The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is an interracial human rights organization. The mission of the organization was to abolish segregation and discrimination. It was founded in 1909 by a group of people including W.E.B. DuBois, Ida Bell,…
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