Englewood Makes History

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  • Dr. Rhody A. McCoy (c. 1922–2020) was a prominent African-American educator and advocate for community control of public schools whose leadership in the turbulent Ocean Hill-Brownsville decentralization movement made him a central figure in New York City’s School Wars of the…

  • McCoy-Kipps Production Inc. was a record label founded in Englewood by Van McCoy and his business Charles Kipp.
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  • Leroy McCloud was a teacher and educator. In 1941 he became the second black teacher in Englewood’s public schools. The Board hired McLoud to teach industrial arts at the newly segregated all-black Lincoln Junior High School. McCloud also became the first black principal in the…
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  • 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…
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  • Larry "Love" McCain was a musician and member of the R&B group Today. He grew up in Englewood with the other members of the group.
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  • Willie Howard Mays Jr. was an American professional baseball player. He began in the Negro American League with the Black Barons. He began playing in the Major Baseball League with the Giants in 1950. He was extremely decorated and is regarded as one of the best baseball…
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  • In the spring of 1952, Mary McLeod Bethune, one of the most respected educators and public servants in the United States, became the center of a national civil-liberties controversy in Englewood, New Jersey. The episode unfolded at the height of Cold War anti-communist anxiety…
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  • Jonathan Maron is a musician. He is a Grammy-nominated electric bassist, composer, and producer. Maron became a world-renowned bass player in the 1990s after he co-founded the legendary group Groove Collective. In 2007 the group was nominated for a Grammy for Best Contemporary…

  • Israel Raphael Margolies was a spiritual leader and civil rights activist. He graduated from the Jewish Institute of Religion. He served at the Temple Emanu-El from 1937 to 1953 and the Beth Am the Peoples Temple from 1953 to 1981. He was also a civil rights activist and marched…
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  • Russell Cameron Major (1932–1997) was a central figure in Englewood, New Jersey’s civil rights history and one of the city’s most persistent advocates for school integration and civic participation. Raised in Englewood during a period of entrenched residential and educational…
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