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Rincon, Arely (?-?)
Arely Rincon gained ownership of the Santa Barbara Grocery store in 2012.Tags Business -
Sears, Nancy Lee (1836-1938)
Nancy Lee Sears was a formerly enslaved woman whose life spanned from the antebellum South into the twentieth century, bearing witness to slavery, emancipation, and the long, uneven struggle for freedom in the United States. She died in 1938 at the age of 102 while living in… -
Willoughby, William F. (1886?-1945)
William F. Willoughby (c. 1866–1945) was a physician, medical examiner, and political leader whose career placed him at the center of Black civic life and racialized party politics in early-twentieth-century Bergen County, New Jersey. Born in Barbados, British West Indies,… -
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McClenon, Hettie (1891-2001)
Hettie McClenon (1891–2001) was a longtime resident of Englewood, New Jersey, whose extraordinary life connected the city to more than a century of American history. Born in Florida in 1891 and raised on a family farm, McClenon learned responsibility early, leaving school at the…Tags Slavery -
McDonald, LeRoy (?-?)
LeRoy McDonald was the manager of the nightclub Harlem-on-Hudson in Englewood Cliffs. -
Farrakhan, Louis (1933-?)
Louis Farrakhan (born Louis Eugene Walcott, May 11, 1933) is a prominent African American religious leader, orator, and political figure best known for his leadership of the Nation of Islam (NOI). Over the course of his long public life, Farrakhan emerged as one of the most… -
Hugg, John"Dutch John" (?-?)
John Hugg was a convict who shot George Coe during a burglary. He received fifteen years for his crime.Tags Crime -
Coe, Louis Stevenson (1863-1939)
Louis Stevenson Coe was a business owner who grew up in Englewood. He established and owned the New Jersey Paper Tube Company. He ran and was elected to the Board of Freeholders. He was also head of the Englewood Field Club.His father was William Patten Coe and his brother was… -
Mackay, Donald (1840-1912)
Donald MacKay was one of Englewood’s most respected civic leaders in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, known for his military service, public leadership, and lasting philanthropic contributions. A veteran of the Civil War, MacKay enlisted as a young man and saw…