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Hertzberg, Arthur (1921-2006)
Arthur Hertzberg was a spiritual leader, social activist, author, and teacher. He studied under philosopher Ernst Alfred Cassier from 1944 to 1945. He graduated from John Hopkins University in 1940, the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in 1943, and Columbia University in 1966. He acted as director of the Campus Hillel for Amherst College and taught at Princeton, Rutgers, Columbia, Hebrew, Dartmouth, and New York Universities and Colleges. He published numerous scholarly works.
He was also active in social causes, walking with Martin Luther King Jr. in 1963 and marching in the Selma to Montgomery Marches. Hertzberg also acted as an intermediary between the Jewish Community and Henry Kissinger. From 1972 to 1978 he was the president of the American Jewish Congress and the vice president of the World Jewish Congress from 1975 to 1991. He served Temple Emanu-El in Englewood from 1956 to 1985. He married Phyllis Cannon in 1950. He had two children, Linda Beth and Susan Riva. -
Toote, Gloria (1931-2017)
Gloria Toote was a lawyer and real estate developer. She graduated from Howard University in 1952 with a B.A. and in 1954 a J.D. She received a master's from Columbia University in 1956. From 1966 to 1970 she owned Toote Town Records in Englewood. She was also involved in politics. She advised Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush. From 1971 to 1973 she acted as the Assistant Director of ACTION. From 1973 to 1975 she acted as Assistant Secretary for Equal Opportunity in the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. During Ronald Reagan's administration, she acted as the vice chairman of the United States Office of Private Sector Initiatives. She was a founding member of the National Black United Fund. In the 1980s she became president of the TREA Estates and Enterprises. From 1984 to 1992 she was vice chair of the National Political Congress of Black Women. -
Kunstler, William Moses (1919-1995)
William Moses Kunstler was an attorney and civil rights activist. Kunstler graduated from Yale before serving in World War II in the Philippines. He graduated from Columbia Law School in 1948. He taught at Pace College's Business School and New York Law School in the 1950s. Kunstler helped the Civil Rights Movement members with legal cases and was acquainted with Martin Luther King Jr. He was director of the American Civil Liberties Union from 1964 to 1972. He co-founded the Center for Constitutional Rights.
Kunstler is well-known for defending members of the Black Panther Party, the Attica Prison rioters, Yusef Salaam of the Central Park Five cases, El Sayyid Nosair who was charged with the assassination of Rabbi Meir Kahane, and the Chicago Seven cases. Kunstler represented Englewood parents in their legal efforts to desegregate Englewood schools.
He married Lotte Rosenberger in 1943. After they divorced in 1976 he married Margaret L. Ratner. He had four daughters, Karin Goldman, Jane Drazek, Sarah, and Emily. -
Farrar, Winifred Charlotte Goings (1932-2017)
Winifred Charlotte Farrar was a civil rights activist in Teaneck, New Jersey. She was a member of the Bergen County CORE and the Bergen County Chapter of the Rainbow Coalition. She married Alfred Farrar. -
Lacey, Shirley (1924-2012)
Shirley Lacy was a politician and Englewood councilwoman. She graduated from New York University. Lacy was active in the Civil Rights Movement. She acted as the director of the state American Civil Liberties Union and the leadership training for the Scholarship, Education and Defense Fund for Racial Equality Inc. (SEDFRE). Lacy was elected to the Englewood Council in 1977. She was also a Bergen County Overall Economic Development program committee member.
She married Reginald Lewis Lacy. She had two daughters, Deirdre Gaskin and Celeste Lacy Davis. -
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), Bergen County Branch
The Bergen County Branch of the Congress of Racial Equality. -
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
The Congress of Racial Equality was founded in 1942. A group of interracial students in Chicago established the group. The organization was heavily involved in the Civil Rights Movement and eventually worked with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. -
Kitt, Eartha Mae (1927-2008)
Eartha Mae Kitt was a singer and actress. She began her career in 1942 appearing on Broadway. She was most well-known for her 1953 songs "C'est si bon" and "Santa Baby." As for her acting, she is most well-known for her part as Catwoman in the 1967 Batman television series.
Kitt was also a civil rights activist and international peace activist. Kitt worked with Englewood City Councilwoman Shirley Lacey in the mid-1960s to help raise money for the Southern Civil Rights Movement. In 1965 she played a benefit gala in Paramus at the Neptune Inn with Alan Alda, Clyde McPhatter, and the Isley Brothers.
Kitt married John William McDonald in 1960 but separated in 1964. Kitt had a daughter, Kitt. -
Hainey, Patricia (?-?)
Hainey was a member of Bergen County C.O.R.E. She was a dedicated civil rights activist who traveled South to Baltimore in 1961 to protest racial discrimination in restaurants. was arrested in 1962 as part of the sit-in at Englewood City Hall to protest racial segregation in the city's schools. -
National Urban League (NUL), Bergen County Branch
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.