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New Jersey Campaign for a Nuclear Freeze
The New Jersey Campaign for a Nuclear Freeze began in the 1980s. It was a part of a larger movement during the era calling for nuclear disarmament. The headquarters was opened on August 31st, 1982 in Bloomfield, New Jersey. Reverand Robert Moore was the chairman of the… -
New Jersey Bell Telephone Company
On October 1, 1927, employees gathered atop the Engle Street telephone building in Englewood to raise the new flag of the New Jersey Bell Telephone Company. The ceremony marked the formal transfer of local service from New York Telephone to the newly organized New Jersey… -
New Englewood Hotel
The New Englewood Hotel opened on May 1, 1893. The building was owned by Eliza McGrath Sanderson and was leased by S. C. Stafford. The building burned down in November of the same year.Tags Travel -
New Directions for Women
New Directions for Women was a feminist publication. It was founded in 1975 Paula Kassell was a founding member and it was the first statewide feminist publication in the United States. The newspaper went national in 1975. The organization was eventually given to Vivian… -
Nesbitt, Bravell Morgan "Bucky", Jr. (1932-2021)
Bravell Morgan Nesbitt Jr. was a funeral director in Englewood. After graduating from Lincoln University in 1954 and the American Academy of Funeral Services in 1956, he served in the Nike Missile Battalion. During and after his service, he was a seaplane pilot, a lifeguard, and… -
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Negro Health Week
Each spring in the interwar decades, Englewood observed what local newspapers called “Negro Health Week.” On the surface, it was a preventive health campaign: clinics at Memorial House, school assemblies at Lincoln School, sermons in Black churches, lectures on hygiene,…