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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. -
Corliss Lamont and Welles Two of a Kind
A newspaper article describes the wife and son of Thomas W. Lamont in a negative light. The article claims that Florence Haskell Lamont and Corliss Lamont are spoilt. Both wife and son the author claims are supporters of communism. -
Life in Death - The Burial of A Little Child And A Synagogue's Start
A newspaper article describes the start of the Congregation Ahavath Torah. The founders of the synagogue helped a child who died in Edgewater be buried in a Jewish cemetery in Paterson. Due to their assistance, the child's father donated money, allowing the Ahavath Torah leaders to purchase a Sefer Torah. -
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. -
Rooney remarks inspire protest
A newspaper article covers protests that began in reaction to negative comments made by Assemblyman John E. Rooney's about Dwight Morrow High School. -
Be Realistic
Richard W. Smith, a resident of River Edge, wrote to the editor of The Record about Frank Sherry's article "Crowded, Cold, Dark, And Rotted, Misery Mile Is No Reality Bargain." Smith claims that while he sympathizes with the conditions in Misery Mile, some people do not change poor ways of living even in new housing. -
Crowded, Cold, Dark, And Rotted, Misery Mile Is No Reality Bargain
The newspaper article "Crowded, Cold, Dark, And Rotted, Misery Mile Is No Reality Bargain" discusses the situation in Misery Mile. Frank Sherry, the writer describes the poor living conditions and extreme poverty the residents of the area experience. -
Pictures worth 6 million memories
The article "Pictures worth 6 million memories" discusses an exhibit at the Congregation Ahavath Torah for Yom Hashoah or Holocaust Remembrance Day. The article describes some of the images shown of Holocaust victims. -
Tapestry of slaves and freemen
The newspaper article "Tapestry of slaves and freemen" describes Arnold Brown's investigation of his ancestry and the discoveries he made about his ancestors and the African-American history of Bergen county. -
Englewood Impeachment Hearing Halts Abruptly
A newspaper article describes how an impeachment hearing was interrupted when Republican Leonard Rubin accused Arnold Brown of illegally carrying city records to the meeting.