Browse Items (12 total)
Sort by:
-
Arthur L. Jackson to W.E.B. DuBois, March 1, 1926
Arthur L. Jackson wrote to W.E.B. DuBois about the Brooklyn Oder Boys Conference in Englewood in 1926. Jackson requested DuBois give a speech at another meeting to convince African American high school boys to continue their education. -
Brooklyn Boys' Work Council
The Brooklyn Boys' Work Council was an organization that worked to help boys direct their future toward "the proper channels." The organization connected organizations that worked with young men such as city churches. Some of the organization's efforts went toward goals, such as helping boys gain an education. -
Brooklyn Boys' Work Council Conference, February 20th, 1926
The Brooklyn Boys' Work Council sponsored a conference from February 20th to the 21st in Englewood, New Jersey. It was held in the First Baptist Church of Englewood. -
Charles Augustus Lindbergh Kidnapping (1932)
Twenty-month-old Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr. was kidnapped from his second-floor nursery room around 9:00 pm on March 1, 1932. He was discovered missing around an hour later and a police report was given. A ransom note was found demanding 50,000 dollars. On March 6th, his father Charles Lindbergh Sr. received another ransom note demanding 70,000 dollars and the Lindberghs hired Private Investigators.
A third note was sent on March 8th requesting different intermediaries and the cash. Dr. John F. Condon, a retired educator offered to act as the intermediary, and a fourth note sent on March 9th by the kidnapper agreed to Condon acting as the intermediary. On March 10th Condon received the money and began trying to set up a meeting through newspaper columns. On March 12th an in-person meeting was set up to further discuss the ransom and proof of the child's identity. Condon received baby clothes as proof of identity on March 16th.
An eighth note was sent on March 21st demanding fulfillment of the demands. The ninth note was sent on the 30th threatening to increase the ransom to $100,000. The tenth note was received on April 1st and told Condon to ready the money by the next night. The eleventh note was given to Condon by a taxi-man which led him to the twelfth note. $50,000 was given to a stranger and Condon was given the thirteenth note giving instructions on how to find the child. The search was unsuccessful until the body of Charles Lindbergh Jr. was found accidentally on May 12th four miles away from the Lindbergh estate. He was killed by blunt force trauma to the skull and likely died the night he was kidnapped.
Two years later Bruno Richard Hauptmann was charged for the crime. He was found guilty and sentenced to death. He was executed on April 3, 1936. Later the Lindberg Law was passed, making kidnapping while crossing state lines a federal felony. -
Cherry, Violet Daisy Naicker (1933-2014)
Violet Cherry was a social worker and political activist. At the age of 12, the South African government jailed her briefly for protesting the racist Apartheid laws that discriminated against her due to her Indian heritage. She began social work at 16. She had an arranged marriage but was later divorced and moved to the United States. Cherry completed her Master's in Social Work and Public Health from Columbia University. In 1974, the City of Englewood hired Cherry as the Director of the Health Department. In 1992 she was the Democratic municipal chairwoman. In 2006 however, she was suspended from the Health Department due to accusations that she was engaging in political activities using department resources. She later resigned in 2007. She had two sons, Lloyd Padayachi and David Jr. -
Dwight Morrow's "The Oracle" Strike (1978)
"The Oracle" Strike was a protest by the staff of the newspaper "The Oracle" over a freedom of the press argument with the principal of Dwight Morrow High School. -
Helicon Home Colony
Helicon Home Colony was an experimental community and societal framework. Political activist Upton Sinclair founded it. The plan was for the community to be run democratically with a board of directors. The community would farm to supply its food source and the children would be raised by a Board of Women Directors. A goal was to eliminate the need for servants. It was founded in October 1906 in Englewood. Helicon Hall's structure burned down on March 16, 1907, and the community disbanded. -
Jackson, Arthur L. (?-1930)
Arthur L. Jackson was an educator and social worker. He was chairman of the Brooklyn Boys' Work Council and superintendent of the Siloam Presbyterian Church Sunday School. He was also involved with the Utopia Children's House where he organized many social and educational clubs for boys including Boy Scout Troop No. 765. -
Lindbergh, Charles Augustus, Jr. (1930-1932)
Charles Lindbergh Jr. was the son of Anne Morrow Lindbergh and Charles Lindbergh Sr. When he was twenty months old he was kidnapped and murdered. His death led to the Lindbergh law which made crossing state lines while committing kidnapping a federal felony. -
Swift, Issac Louis (1910-1991)
Issac Louis Swift was a Rabbi. He was ordained in Israel. In the aftermath of World War II and the Holocaust, he rescued Jewish children who had been hiding in non-Jewish religious places of worship. He moved to the United States and subsequently to Englewood in 1960. He became the leader of the Congregation Ahavath Torah until 1984. He married Ruth Etlinger. He had two daughters, Valerie Sharfman and Batya Yasgur.