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Sears, Nancy Lee (1836-1938)
Nancy Lee Sears was a formerly enslaved woman whose life spanned from the antebellum South into the twentieth century, bearing witness to slavery, emancipation, and the long, uneven struggle for freedom in the United States. She died in 1938 at the age of 102 while living in… -
Willoughby, William F. (1886?-1945)
William F. Willoughby (c. 1866–1945) was a physician, medical examiner, and political leader whose career placed him at the center of Black civic life and racialized party politics in early-twentieth-century Bergen County, New Jersey. Born in Barbados, British West Indies,… -
Razafinkarefo, Andriamanantena Paul (1895-1973)
Razaf, Andy (1895–1973), born Andrea Razafkeriefo, was one of the most prolific and influential lyricists in American music history. Over the course of his career, he wrote the words to hundreds—by many contemporary counts, thousands—of songs, shaping the emotional vocabulary of… -
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McClenon, Hettie (1891-2001)
Hettie McClenon (1891–2001) was a longtime resident of Englewood, New Jersey, whose extraordinary life connected the city to more than a century of American history. Born in Florida in 1891 and raised on a family farm, McClenon learned responsibility early, leaving school at the…Tags Slavery -
McDonald, LeRoy (?-?)
LeRoy McDonald was the manager of the nightclub Harlem-on-Hudson in Englewood Cliffs. -
Harris, Thomas J. B. (1884-1992)
Rev. Dr. Thomas J. B. Harris was a Presbyterian minister, educator, civil-rights organizer, military chaplain, and political strategist whose life and leadership shaped Englewood and Bergen County’s Black civic institutions for more than seventy years. Widely regarded as an…Tags Religion -
Farrakhan, Louis (1933-?)
Louis Farrakhan (born Louis Eugene Walcott, May 11, 1933) is a prominent African American religious leader, orator, and political figure best known for his leadership of the Nation of Islam (NOI). Over the course of his long public life, Farrakhan emerged as one of the most… -
Thompson, Hannah (1789-1898)
Hannah Thompson was enslaved on the farm of Abel Smith near Leonia. She gained her freedom at the age of 21. Eventually, Thompson settled in Englewood. Her husband was born near Englewood on the Garrett Lydecker estate and gained his freedom at the age of 25. She died at the age…Tags Slavery -
Hugg, John"Dutch John" (?-?)
John Hugg was a convict who shot George Coe during a burglary. He received fifteen years for his crime.Tags Crime