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240 Pindle Avenue Rent Strike (1970)
In April 1970 the tenants of the apartment building on 240 Pindle Avenue refused to pay rent due to poor living conditions in their units. While they were forced to pay April's rent, they continued with their strike. Their fight lasted until October when the landlords, William… -
Board measure up
A newspaper covers the foundation and purpose of the Landlord-Tenant Relations Board. -
Building Trades Strike (1900)
The Building Trades Strike in 1900 was a strike in New Jersey in which thousands of carpenters, painters, and decorators protested low compensation. In Englewood masons and laborers demanded an increase of twenty-five cents a day and shorter hours on Saturdays. -
Dwight Morrow's "The Oracle" Strike (1978)
"The Oracle" Strike was a protest by the staff of the newspaper "The Oracle" over a freedom of the press argument with the principal of Dwight Morrow High School. -
Englewood Teachers Strike (1975)
Englewood teachers protested because the Board of Education was slow in negotiating new contracts for employees. -
Mary McCleod Bethune Controversy (1952)
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… -
Englewood Movement
Early Resistance and the Frist School Crisis (1878-1884)The Englewood Movement of the 1960s did not arise suddenly in response to Brown v. Board of Education. Rather, it represented the culmination of nearly a century of resistance by Black parents who repeatedly confronted… -
Englewood Teachers Strike 1982
On March 1, 1982, Englewood teachers began a 17-day strike. They were protesting wages and benefits. The strike ended in a new three-year contract between teachers and the school district. -
4th Ward "Uprising" "Disturbance" "Riots" (1967)
On July 21, 1967, in Englewood's fourth ward, residents rioted. Residents claimed that the other people of Englewood unfairly treated them and that the police were invasive. The unrest lasted for five days.