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Vaughn, Carmen and Leroy
Leroy and Carmen Vaughn, African American parents in Englewood, became central figures in a landmark New Jersey Supreme Court case after they kept their daughter, Laurie, out of the fourth grade during the 1962 boycott of Lincoln School, which Black parents charged was racially… -
Harrison, Augustus
NJ State President of the NAACP. A leader of the Englewood Movement. -
Booker T. Washington Speaks at the 1st Presbyterian Church and at the Armory. May 3, 1914.
Booker T. Washington’s visit to Englewood was a major local event that brought one of the most prominent African American educators of the era directly into the civic and religious life of the town. During his stay, Washington spoke at two important Englewood venues, each… -
Booker T. Washington Speaks at the Lyceum. March, 1902.
In mid-March 1902, Booker T. Washington—the nation’s most prominent Black educator and public intellectual at the turn of the twentieth century—visited Englewood, where he delivered a widely attended lecture at the local Lyceum. The event was held under the auspices of the… -
Drakeford, Jack
Jack Drakeford was one of the most influential public servants in Englewood’s modern history, a lifelong resident whose career reflected both the struggles and aspirations of the city he served for more than five decades. Born and raised in Englewood, Drakeford came of age… -
The "Negro Purge" 1933-
In 1900, Englewood, New Jersey, had a population of 6,253. African Americans made up six percent of the population, totaling 383 residents. Of those, 58 percent lived in the 4th Ward, primarily in its northeast section—between Jay Street and Palisade Avenue (north to south), and…