Alva Jackson was a widely respected civic leader and community organizer in Englewood, best known for her decades of service to the city’s Fourth Ward and her tireless advocacy for working-class families, children, and seniors. Active during the mid-20th century, Jackson played…
Julius F. Smith was a prominent Black civic leader, businessman, and political activist in Englewood, New Jersey, whose influence during the late 1960s and 1970s extended across civil rights advocacy, urban renewal debates, policing reform, and municipal politics.
Smith owned…