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Du Bois, Charles G.
Charles Gilbert Du Bois was an American business executive whose career reflected the rapid expansion of the telecommunications industry in the early twentieth century. A longtime resident of Englewood, New Jersey, he rose from an entry-level clerk to become president and later… -
W.E.B. Du Bois Speaks at the Englewood Woman's Club, December 8, 1930.
When W. E. B. Du Bois traveled from New York to Englewood in December 1930 to address the Englewood Woman’s Club, the visit connected suburban Bergen County to Harlem’s intellectual and cultural circles, underscoring the reach of Du Bois’s influence and the seriousness of the… -
Jackson, Barbara Loomis
Dr. Barbara Loomis Jackson’s life reflected not only her own intellectual achievements but also the convergence of two prominent African American professional families whose influence extended across Detroit, Chicago, Englewood, and national educational circles. Barbara was born… -
Jesse Jackson Dwight Morrow High School Rally, Memorial Day, May 30, 1988.
Englewood Between Movement and Machinery: Jesse Jackson’s 1988 Visit and Local Political Dynamics In the stretch before New Jersey’s June 7, 1988 Democratic presidential primary, Rev. Jesse Jackson’s campaign brought national coalition politics into suburban landscapes. Among… -
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Paul Robeson's Performance at the Plaza Theater (January 28, 1941)
Paul Robeson’s appearance in Englewood on January 28, 1942, was at once a cultural triumph and a revealing episode in the racial and political tensions of wartime Bergen County. Robeson was engaged by the Englewood Youth Federation to perform at the Plaza Theatre as a benefit… -
St. John's Lutheran Church
St. John’s Lutheran Church was one of Englewood’s prominent Protestant congregations in the early twentieth century and reflected the strong German Lutheran presence in Bergen County at the time. Founded in the late nineteenth or very early twentieth century, the church had…