Englewood Makes History

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  • The Englewood Barbers' Association was a labor union. 
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  • Benjamin “Ben” Peters was a beloved Black barber and small-business owner in Englewood, New Jersey, whose shop — Ben’s Barbershop — became a neighborhood institution for more than half a century. Originally from South Carolina, Peters moved to Englewood in the 1950s and opened…
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  • Brennon's Barber Shop was created by William E. Brennon. He opened in 1962. The shop became a community hub for African American men from towns in the nearby vicinity.
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  • Known as "Mr.B," William Brennon was the owner of the popular Brennon's Barber Shop. His wife was Carol E. Taylor. He had five children.
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  • The Englewood Sports Store was created in the early 1940s. It was owned by George Lavach for four years before Vince Lombardi and his family purchased it.
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  • The Englewood Woman's Work Exchange was a longstanding charitable and economic support organization serving Englewood and the surrounding community in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Founded in 1884, the Exchange operated on a practical but deeply social…
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  • Margaret Butler was an economics teacher in Englewood. She taught the fifth grade in Harlem and home economics at Dwight Morrow High School. Butler became blind in 1945 and was an instructor at the Community House Social Service Federation in Englewood, teaching braille. She…
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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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  • Dave's Luncheonette was a corner store owned by Pearl Levine.
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  • Barbara E. Wright business owner. She had two restaurants, Black and White Taxi and Wright's Luncheonette. She was known for feeding neighbors in Englewood including impoverished families. She graduated from Dwight Morrow High School in 1947 and worked in the administrative and…
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