Englewood Makes History

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  • Barbara Kay was a civil rights activist, educator, and Freedom Rider whose work linked national struggles for racial justice with local efforts to dismantle segregation in northern communities. While she is often remembered alongside her husband, composer Ulysses S. Kay, Kay…
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  • Michael Lebson was a spiritual leader and business owner. He lived in Englewood for over thirty-five years and owned a jewelry business. He was a founder of the Congregation Ahavath Torah. He married Bessie N. He had five sons, Jacob M., Samuel, Abram A., Dr. Isadore W., and…
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  • Anne Stewart Baer was involved in the Civil Rights Movement Freedom Rides. In 1962 she was arrested briefly for her protesting. She lived in Englewood with her husband, Byron M. Baer. They divorced in 1983. She had two children, David and Laura Baer Levine.
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  • Elizabeth Sears Hinton was a resident of Englewood. She worked as a Domestic Worker. She was a member of the Shiloh AME Zion Church. She was married to Charles Burture Hinton. She was the daughter of Nancy Lee Sears. Hinton had two children, Theodore and Carmen E. Pawley.
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  • Janet Upjohn Stearns was a philanthropist and civic leader. Stearns moved to Englewood in the mid-1960s. She served on the Englewood Hospital board beginning in 1968. She was the first vice president of the Englewood Community Chest. She was a director of the Northern Valley…
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  • Curtis "Grandmaster Caz" Brown is an American hip-hop and rap artist. He is also a songwriter and DJ. He was a member of the group The Cold Crush Brothers from 1979 to the mid-1980s. Brown also went under the name "Casanova Fly" as he formed one of the first DJ crews, "Might…
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  • Guy Anthony "Master Gee" O'Brien is a hip-hop artist and member of the Sugarhill Gang. After he left Sugar Hill Records in 1984 he became involved in the magazine industry. When the Sugar Hill Gang reformed he became a member. He performs with the group and also as a solo DJ.
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  • Kelly was the Secretary of the New Jersey Association of Motion Pictures and chair of the contact bureau of the Motion Picture Association. Kelly owned the Englewood Theater and Realty Corp, which owned the Plaza Theater on Van Brunt Street. He also owned the Palisade Theater…
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  • Juwann Winfree is an American Football wide receiver. He played at the University of Colorado before he was drafted by the Denver Broncos in 2019. He transferred to the Greenbay Packers in 2020. He transferred again to the Indianapolis Colts in May of 2023. Winfree went to…
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  • Joseph "Joey" Robinson Jr. was the son of Sylvia and Joseph Robinson. He was involved with Sugarhill Records, his parent's record label. In 1979, he helped his mother scout the three musicians who later formed the Sugarhill Gang. He also performed with the Sugarhill Gang in 1985…
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