Englewood Makes History

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  • Englewood residents had more than one opportunity to connect with one of the most celebrated aviators of the twentieth century, Amelia Earhart. Her appearances in connection with local civic and women’s organizations—and later her public lecture at Englewood Junior High…

  • The Ebenezer Baptist Church began in 1913 under Reverand Samuel Lightfoot. Reverand W. B. Booker was his successor. Reverand Clarence E. Richardson was the church's third pastor and a new church building was constructed on Fourth Street beginning in 1972. The other three pastors…
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  • Thomas Eboli (1911–1972) was a prominent American mobster and a leading figure in the Genovese crime family, one of New York City’s most powerful Mafia organizations. Born in New York City to Italian immigrant parents, Eboli rose through the ranks of organized crime during the…

  • Joseph G. Echols (March 23, 1917 – March 28, 1977) was an American football coach, college athletics administrator, and Negro league baseball player whose life bridged segregated sports worlds—from high school athletics in northern New Jersey, to Negro league baseball, to…
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  • Ione Scholl Eckerson devoted 46 years to teaching in Englewood’s public schools, becoming one of the community’s most respected educators. A 1917 graduate of Englewood High School and a 1922 graduate of Smith College, she began teaching in the city school system shortly after…

  • The Edgewater Crèche Convalescence, Protestant Reform, and Race on the Palisades Founded in 1884 by Charles J. Kellogg, first general secretary of the New York Charity Organization Society, the Edgewater Crèche began as a summer refuge for mothers and infants from New York’s…

  • The Rivieras was a Doo Wop quartet. The group comprised Homer Dunn, Ronald Cook, Andrew Jones, and Charles Allen. Their second manager was William Fix. They recorded their Coed album from 1958 to 1961.
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  • The Eleanor Harvey park was created at the home of Eleanor Harvey. The plan began in 2013 to change the property into a park.
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  • Fred D. Ellis Jr. worked for Unie's Oval Bar on Forest Ave near Dean Street in Englewood. He worked at Unie's for thirty-five years. He was the head chef and mixologist. He was also a member of Shiloh Masonic Lodge 53. He retired in 1997. He had six children, Kevin M., Robert…
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