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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. -
Earth Kitt to Headline Benefit Gala
A newspaper discusses a benefit gala where artists such as Eartha Kitt, Alan Alda, Clyde McPhatter, and the Isley Brothers would perform to raise funds for the Southern Voter Registration Drive Committee of Bergen County. -
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. -
Fight Against Discrimination is Joined by Bergen County Residents
A newspaper article discusses the involvement of Bergen County Residents in protests of the Civil Rights Movement. Patricia Hainey led an interracial group of twenty residents to participate in protests in Baltimore, Maryland. -
For churches, a day of song, prayer, and remembrance
A newspaper article that describes the celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. in multiple churches in Englewood and Passaic including Ebenezer Baptist Church. -
Segregation on Its Deathbed, Dr. King Declares in Address
The newspaper article discusses Martin Luther King's lecture at a public forum on the progress in race relations. John W. Davis was the chairman of this meeting and King visited Davis' home. -
King, Martin Luther Jr. (1929-1968)
Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and a prominent leader of the civil rights movement. King's leadership in the movement began in December of 1955 and lasted until he was assassinated in April 1968. King is famous for his nonviolent resistance and protests. Some of his notable protests were the March on Washington in 1963 and the Selma to Mongomery Marches. "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" and "I Have A Dream" are the two well-known articles and speeches from King. He was the youngest man awarded a Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.
He married Coretta Scott in 1953. He had four children, Yolanda, Martin III, Dexter, and Bernice. -
Margolies, Israel Raphael (1916?-1988)
Israel Raphael Margolies was a spiritual leader and civil rights activist. He graduated from the Jewish Institute of Religion. He served at the Temple Emanu-El from 1937 to 1953 and the Beth Am the Peoples Temple from 1953 to 1981. He was also a civil rights activist and marched in Englewood with Martin Luther King Jr. He was a president of the Zionist Organization of Bergen County, a chairman of the Race Relations Committee of the Urban League, and a founding member of the New Jersey chapter of SANE, an anti-nuclear arms organization. He married Rose. He had three children, Allan, Irwin, and Sheera. -
Motley, Constance Baker (1921-2005)
Constance Baker Motley was a politician, lawyer, and judge. She attended Fisk University before transferring to New York University graduating with a B.A. in economics in 1943. She gained a Bachelor of Laws in 1946 from Columbia University. Motley was well known for her involvement in the Civil Rights Movement. She became a civil rights lawyer for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF). She represented Martin Luther King Jr., Freedom Riders, and other activists. She wrote the original complaint in the Brown v. Board of Education case. She was also the first African American woman to argue before the Supreme Court in the Meredith v. Fair case in which she won. She was elected as a member of the New York Senate for a year in 1964 making her the first African American woman to be in the State Senate. In 1965 she served as the Borough President of Manhattan, the first woman to do so. In 1966 Lyndon B. Johnson appointed her Judge of the United States District Court for New York. She served in that position until 1986. From 1982 to 1986 she became the Chief Judge of the United States District for New York. Her last position from 1986 to 2005 was as the Senior Judge of the United States District Court for New York. In Englewood, Motley represented the black mothers of Lincoln School students who sued the Englewood school board in 1954 to end its practice of racial segregation. She married Joel Motley Jr. in 1946. She had one child, Joel Wilson Motley III.