Englewood Makes History

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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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  • Slyvia Vanderpool Robinson was a singer and record producer. She had two R&B chart toppers. She released her single "Love is Strange" in 1957 with her then-boyfriend Mickey Baker. They performed on stage as "Mickey & Sylvia."  They split in 1962. In 1973, she did a solo single,…
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  • Constance Baker Motley was a pioneering lawyer, judge, and public official whose legal work helped dismantle segregation across the United States—including in Northern communities such as Englewood, New Jersey. She attended Fisk University before transferring to New York…
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  • Malcolm Stevenson Forbes was a businessman and politician. He was born in Englewood. He graduated from Lawrenceville School in 1937 and gained an A.B. from the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. He enlisted in the Army in 1942. From 1951 to 1957…
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  • Bertie Charles Forbes was a businessman. He founded Forbes Magazine, a business and finance publication. B.C. Forbes was appointed to the Englewood Board of Education in 1938. He married Adelaide Mary Stevenson. He had five sons, Bruce, Malcolm, Duncan, Gordon, and…
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  • Michael Anthony "Wonder Mike" Wright is a rap and hip-hop artist and founding member of the Sugarhill Gang. He was born in Englewood.
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  • Benjamin “Ben” Peters was a beloved Black barber and small-business owner in Englewood, New Jersey, whose shop — Ben’s Barbershop — became a neighborhood institution for more than half a century. Originally from South Carolina, Peters moved to Englewood in the 1950s and opened…
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  • Bravell Morgan Nesbitt Jr. was a funeral director in Englewood. After graduating from Lincoln University in 1954 and the American Academy of Funeral Services in 1956, he served in the Nike Missile Battalion. During and after his service, he was a seaplane pilot, a lifeguard, and…
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  • Eleanore Kendall Peterson was an American architect. She attended Copper Union and received a Bachelor of Architecture in 1976. She opened a private practice from 1952 to 2002. She was one of the first women in New Jersey to be licensed. She primarily did residential…
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