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Negro Health Committee of Bergen County
By the mid-1930s, Bergen County officials were confronting a troubling reality: tuberculosis and other communicable diseases were disproportionately affecting Black residents, particularly in overcrowded and substandard housing. Out of this concern emerged the Negro Health… -
National Urban League (NUL)
The National Urban League is a civil rights organization that advocates for African American rights, fighting against racial discrimination. The Committee on Urban Conditions Among Negros was founded in 1910 by Ruth Standish Baldwin and Dr. George Edmund Hayes and it merged with… -
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National Federation of Postal Clerks, Local 581
The National Federation of Post Office Clerks (NFPOC) was a labor union for United States postal clerks. NFPOC was a break-off group from the United National Association of Post Office Clerks. At the beginning of the 1900s, differing opinions caused the NFPOC to form on August…Tags Labor -
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Bergen County Branch
Many notable residents of Englewood have been members of The Bergen County Branch of the NAACP. -
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
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,… -
National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA)
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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Murphy, Eddie
Eddie Murphy (born 1961) is one of the most successful comedians and actors in American entertainment history. Rising to national prominence as a cast member on Saturday Night Live in the early 1980s, Murphy became a major box-office star through films such as 48 Hrs., Trading…