Englewood Makes History

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  • The Hinton family’s history in Englewood spans more than a century and traces a remarkable arc from enslavement in the antebellum South to legal, civic, and residential leadership in 20th-century New Jersey. At its foundation was Nancy Lee Sears, who was born into slavery on a…
  • Elizabeth Sears Hinton was a resident of Englewood. She worked as a Domestic Worker. She was a member of the Shiloh AME Zion Church. She was married to Charles Burture Hinton. She was the daughter of Nancy Lee Sears. Hinton had two children, Theodore and Carmen E. Pawley.
  • Elizabeth Sears Hinton (c. 1878–1986) Elizabeth Sears Hinton was a lifelong Englewood resident whose life bridged the era of slavery and the modern civil-rights century. She died in 1986 at the age of 104, having spent nearly three decades as one of the city’s elder witnesses…
  • (c. 1876–1962) Charles B. Hinton was a pioneering civic leader, political organizer, and longtime public employee whose career made him a central figure in Englewood, New Jersey’s Black political history during the early twentieth century. In 1914, he became the first Black…
  • Hillside Sound Studios was a recording studio founded by Dae Bennett.
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  • Albert George Hibbler was a singer. He sang pop music, R&B, and jazz. Hibbler was born blind. He began his career with Dub Jenkins and his Playmates. He later worked with Jay McHann and then Duke Ellington's orchestra. He won the Esquire New Star Award as best male singer in…
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  • Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg arrived at Temple Emanu-El of Englewood in the mid-1950s during a moment of institutional expansion and social change. Coming from a previous pulpit in Nashville, Tennessee, he assumed leadership just as the congregation was preparing for the High Holy…
  • Hermandad Hispana was a social work group dedicated to coordinating the Spanish-speaking community's social, religious, and cultural needs. The organization helped those in need with immigration information, job support, educational support, and various social services. The…
  • Englewood native Tony Herbert is a bass player and longtime friend of the Isley Brothers’ inner circle, associated especially with the band Sunrize, which served as a kind of extension/fringe project to the Isleys. In “Take Me to the Next Phase: Coming of Age with The Isley…
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