Events (75 total)

• First Black School Board Member, 1955

  John H. Perry was an educator, civic leader, and civil rights advocate who emerged as a prominent figure in Englewood, New Jersey, during the mid-20th century. In 1945, he made history by becoming the first Black president of the Board of Directors of the Englewood Urban League,…

• First Black City Council member elected, John T. Wright, 1952

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  Runaway Truck Crash Palisade Ave July 27, 1933

  On the afternoon of July 27, 1933, a runaway truck lost control on East Palisade Avenue in Englewood, New Jersey, after the driver failed in two attempts to steer the vehicle off the road. Facing what police described as a “Hobson’s choice,” the driver deliberately turned the…
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  Gangland Slaying of Numbers King David Giles, October 30, 1942.

  Born in the San Juan neighborhood of Harlem, Giles moved to Englewood where he became a wealthy real estate entrepreneur and owner of a liquor store on 220 William Street. Giles also owned property and two "disorderly houses" in Harlem. It's not exactly clear who assassinated…

• Supermarket Strike Local 1262 United Food and Commercial Workers, May 1993

  Tags Labor Movement, Strikes

• First Television Broadcast in Englewood April 30, 1939.

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  Alexander Bishop Murders, March 6, 1934

• Englewood Common Council Votes to establish a "Colored" Junior High at Lincoln School, September 29, 1938

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  Englewood establishes the Colored School on May 18, 1878

  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…

• In an NLRB vote December 13, 1973, Interns and Residents established the Englewood House Staff Association.