The Englewood Housing Authority was created in 1976 with Michael Terrace as the first Executive Director. The organization is made of a seven-member board. The director appoints five, the mayor appoints one, and the Department of Community Affairs appoints one. Originally…
Early Resistance and the Frist School Crisis (1878-1884)The Englewood Movement of the 1960s did not arise suddenly in response to Brown v. Board of Education. Rather, it represented the culmination of nearly a century of resistance by Black parents who repeatedly confronted…
Englewood Police Fourth Platoon was a squad created in May 1970 to patrol "trouble-prone areas" between six p.m. and two a.m. There was public debate over the usefulness of the Platoon and its effect on the relationship between the Fourth Ward and Englewood Police
