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  • 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…
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  • William O’Brien Boldt was a longtime Englewood resident, Democratic activist, and professor whose quiet but persistent style of organizing helped shape local and national progressive movements over several decades. A graduate of Dartmouth College, he earned his Ph.D. in…
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  • Fred D. Ellis Jr. worked for Unie's Oval Bar on Forest Ave near Dean Street in Englewood. He worked at Unie's for thirty-five years. He was the head chef and mixologist. He was also a member of Shiloh Masonic Lodge 53. He retired in 1997. He had six children, Kevin M., Robert…

  • Gloria L. Amos (1920–2012) was an Englewood-based writer, educator, and longtime public school staff member whose late-in-life literary work drew deeply on family, memory, and place. Born in the early twentieth century, Gloria Amos spent much of her adult life balancing work,…
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  • Phyllis Kriegel was a feminist editor, writer, and activist best known for her leadership of New Directions for Women, one of the largest and longest-running feminist newspapers in the United States. An Englewood, New Jersey resident, Kriegel emerged as a prominent voice during…
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  • Pamela Sheldrick (c. 1950–January 13, 2023) was a feminist activist, bookseller, editor, fitness instructor, and community builder whose life bridged political commitment, cultural work, and deep personal relationships. Born and raised in the South Bronx, Sheldrick’s early…
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  • Vivian Scheinmann was a journalist and women's rights activist. She opened a bookstore in Englewood with Pamela Sheldrick named Pandora Book Peddlers. It was opened around 1983 on 68 West Palisade Avenue. She also ran the New Directions for Women newspaper.
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  • Paula Kassell was a journalist and women's rights activist. She graduated from Barnard College in 1939. She helped found the Morris County Chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW). In 1975 she also helped found the newspaper New Directions for Women in Englewood. She…
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  • George Washington Benson is a jazz musician. He grew up playing guitar and began recording at a young age. He performed for several years with Jack McDuff. His first album was "The New Boss Guitar." He also worked with McDuff to release“It’s Uptown” and “George Benson Cookbook.”…
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  • Gloria Wilson, more well-known as Gloria Lynne, was a jazz singer. She won first prize at the Apollo Theater Amateur Night at the age of 15. She became popular in the 1950s after the release of her first album in 1958, “Miss Gloria Lynne, and her television performance of…
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