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Barrera, Shakira
Shakira Barrera is an actress, dancer, and performer who was raised in Englewood, New Jersey. The daughter of Nicaraguan immigrants, she developed her passion for dance at an early age and trained extensively in ballet, jazz, tap, flamenco, and hip-hop. After graduating from… -
Vorsanger, Berthold
Berthold Vorsanger (1890s–1958) was a jurist, legislator, and public official whose career reflected the close relationship between law, party politics, and civic leadership in Bergen County during the early and mid-twentieth century. A longtime resident of Englewood, New… -
Englewood Club
The Englewood Club stood for more than a century as a symbol of elite social life in the city, embodying a particular version of male professional culture that once defined local power and prestige. Founded on October 18, 1889, the club was created as a private retreat for… -
Gloria Lynne (Wilson) Assistant City Clerk Controversy, October 3-16, 1969
In the fall of 1968, Lynne became embroiled in a racialized political controversy. The controversy surrounding Gloria Lynne unfolded in Englewood in the late 1960s at the intersection of race, politics, gender, and respectability. A nationally known soul singer—Harlem-born and… -
Unie's Oval Bar
On Forest near Dean Street. In the 1940s, Eddie Arnold used to play at the Piano.