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DuBois, William Edward Burghardt (1868-1963)
W. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963) was one of the most influential African American scholars, writers, historians, sociologists, and civil rights activists of the twentieth century, and a founding member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).… -
Jone, Koko (born "Kevin")
Koko Jones (formerly known as Kevin Jones) is an accomplished and versatile percussionist, drummer, and bandleader whose career spans decades and crosses many musical styles. Raised in Englewood, New Jersey, she was steeped early in a rich cultural environment—learning classical… -
Lamont, Corliss (1902-1995)
Corliss Lamont was an American socialist and philosopher. He received a degree from Harvard and spent 1924 at Oxford. He received a PhD from Columbia University and taught philosophy there. During the 1930s he became involved in political activism becoming a board member and… -
Vorsanger, Berthold
Berthold Vorsanger (1890s–1958) was a jurist, legislator, and public official whose career reflected the close relationship between law, party politics, and civic leadership in Bergen County during the early and mid-twentieth century. A longtime resident of Englewood, New… -
Mays, Sonny (?-?)
Sonny Mays was a light-heavyweight boxer in the 1930s from Englewood's "Little Texas," neighborhood. He was also a football player with the Palisades Park Eskimos. Mays was also the doorman for the popular black-owned Harlem-on-the-Hudson nightclub in Englewood Cliffs. -
Brown, Curtis "Grandmaster Caz" (1960-?)
Curtis "Grandmaster Caz" Brown is an American hip-hop and rap artist. He is also a songwriter and DJ. He was a member of the group The Cold Crush Brothers from 1979 to the mid-1980s. Brown also went under the name "Casanova Fly" as he formed one of the first DJ crews, "Might…Tags Music -
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Dempsey, William Harrison "Jack" (1895-1983)
In the 1920s, when prizefighting was among the most popular mass spectacles in the United States, Englewood, New Jersey briefly stood at the center of the boxing world. That moment came when Jack Dempsey, the reigning heavyweight champion and the most famous athlete of his era,…Tags Sports -
(Burrell) Mellon, Constance Prosser
Mellonm Constance Prosser (Burrell) was born and raised in Englewood, New Jersey, into a prominent banking family whose influence reached across the financial world of the early twentieth century. She was the daughter of Seward Prosser, a leading banker who served as chairman of…