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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… -
James Street Raids (2004)
In 2004 an investigation was opened due to accusations that the homes of Latinx citizens and immigrants were being inspected in a manner that was intrusive and in violation of civil rights. The residents involved were the most Columbian neighborhood on West Charles and James… -
59 Iranians Arrested in Englewood (1981)
In August 1981, an international political crisis briefly unfolded on an ordinary stretch of Grand Avenue in Englewood, New Jersey. Englewood Police responded to complaints about several men sleeping in a van with Texas license plates. When officers approached and asked for…