During the 1920s, the Englewood Conservatory of Music emerged as one of the borough’s most important cultural institutions. Operating out of the Lyceum Building on Palisade Avenue, the conservatory combined formal music instruction with a vibrant public concert program that…
The story of the Englewood Domestic Employees Association (EDEA) in 1933–1934 cannot be separated from the political and racial tensions shaping Englewood at the height of the Depression. What began as a dispute over public health regulation quickly became entangled with ward…
In May 1878 Englewood segregated its school system by creating the Colored School for the city's 65 African American school age children, about 8% of the overall student population. The school board rented the home of W.O. Terry for the Colored School. The school lasted until…
