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John F. Kennedy Campaign Stop, November 6, 1960
A large campaign rally for Senator John F. Kennedy during the 1960 presidential race took place at the Teaneck Armory in Bergen County, New Jersey, drawing a crowd of roughly 9,000 people who gathered to hear the Democratic candidate speak. While the audience waited for Kennedy… -
Frank Sinatra "minor mob scenes," October 28, 1943.
Frank Sinatra, born in Hoboken in 1915, became one of the most influential American entertainers of the twentieth century. Rising to fame in the late 1930s with the Harry James and Tommy Dorsey orchestras, he launched a solo career in the early 1940s that ignited unprecedented… -
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… -
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… -
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… -
1961 Englewood Champion Babe Ruth Baseball Team
The story of Englewood’s 1961 Babe Ruth team is both a remarkable athletic achievement and a revealing episode in the history of race in America at the height of the civil rights era. State Champions In the summer of 1961, Englewood’s Babe Ruth All-Stars won the New Jersey… -
A. Philip Randolph Englewood Visit, (October, 1931).
Asa Philip Randolph in Englewood: factional politics and a divided Black community When Asa Philip Randolph appeared in Englewood during the early 1930s, his visit landed in the middle of a deeply divided Black political landscape, particularly in the city’s Fourth Ward. While… -
Charles H. Greenberg v. Dr. William F. Willoughby for 4th Ward Council seat. (1919).
Dr. Willoughby won the Republican primary nomination. Charles Greenberg won the Democratic primary. The white Republican vote went for Greenberg in the general election. Black 4th ward residents accused the city's Republican Party of not supporting Willoughby in the general,.