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Rooney remarks inspire protest
A newspaper article covers protests that began in reaction to negative comments made by Assemblyman John E. Rooney's about Dwight Morrow High School. -
Crowded, Cold, Dark, And Rotted, Misery Mile Is No Reality Bargain
The newspaper article "Crowded, Cold, Dark, And Rotted, Misery Mile Is No Reality Bargain" discusses the situation in Misery Mile. Frank Sherry, the writer describes the poor living conditions and extreme poverty the residents of the area experience. -
Tapestry of slaves and freemen
The newspaper article "Tapestry of slaves and freemen" describes Arnold Brown's investigation of his ancestry and the discoveries he made about his ancestors and the African-American history of Bergen county. -
Tibbs, Vincente K. (1914-1973)
Vincente K. Tibbs was a social worker, Englewood Movement leader, and City Council president from the 4th ward. He a Democrat and was elected in 1960. He worked to help race relations between white and black residents.
Tibbs lived in Harlem and graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School. He graduated from Shaw University with a degree in social science in 1939. He gained a master's degree from the Columbia School of Social Work in 1949.
Tibbs also served in the Navy in World War II.
Tibbs was involved with the Bureau of Community Education of the New York City Board of Education, Camp Kilmer Hob Corps., NYU's School of Education, the New Jersey Regional Durg Abuse Agency, the Social Service Federation, and the Englewood Community Center. He was a member of the Congress of Racial Equity, the NAACP, the Urban League, and the Henry Douglas Post 58.
He married Primrose Barnwell. He had a daughter, Dana Macon. -
41 Years in the Englewood Schools - Educator raised expectations
A newspaper article covers a lecture from Leroy McCloud. The article covers McCloud's experience in the Englewood school system, especially the racial divide. McCloud described his struggle to get equal support for Dwight Morrow which was and still is primarily attended by black students. McCloud believed that the fight to desegregate schools by merging Tenafly and Englewood Cliffs should have been dropped, as it was taking money away from supporting students. McCloud also feared for the future of education. -
National Urban League (NUL)
The National Urban League is a civil rights organization that advocates for African American rights, fighting against racial discrimination. The Committee on Urban Conditions Among Negros was founded in 1910 by Ruth Standish Baldwin and Dr. George Edmund Hayes and it merged with the Committee for the Improvement of Industrial Conditions Among Negros and the National League for the Protection of Colored Women.
The organization provides many services such as job training, housing and community development, workforce development, educational opportunities, and voting assistance. Programs were developed to fight for health, employment, and housing equity. The organization has been involved in politics, protests, and social work throughout its history to achieve its mission. -
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is an interracial human rights organization. The mission of the organization was to abolish segregation and discrimination. It was founded in 1909 by a group of people including W.E.B. DuBois, Ida Bell, Wells-Barnett, and Mary Ovington. It gained traction due to the 1908 Springfield Race Riots in Illinois. Some founding members were involved with the Niagara Movement led by DuBois.
Some of the most notable actions of the movement were its activism in Supreme Court cases that fought against Jim Crow Laws and Lynching in the 1910s and 1920s. The creation of the NAACP Defense and Education Fund in 1939 which litigated the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, ending racial segregation in schools. They also won the 1946 Morgan v. Virginia, which ended segregation for interstate travel. The organization was extremely active and crucial during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s.
The organization remains one of the oldest and most influential multiracial institutions. It continues to recognize and fight for political, educational, social, and economic rights and the elimination of race-based discrimination. -
From W.E.B. DuBois to Alexander Jackson, April 18, 1927
This is a letter from W.E.B. DuBois to Alexander Jackson requesting his assessment of the spring 1927 Chicago mayoral race between Republican William Emmett Dever and Democrat William Hale Thompson. DuBois is particulary interested in attitudes among African Americans toward the outcome of the election. -
Mary McCleod Bethune Controversy (1952)
Mary Mcleod Bethune was an important black educator, civil and women's rights activist, and government official. She founded many organizations for black women's suffrage, educating black youth, and consistently fought for gender and race equality.
She was invited to speak at Engle Street Junior High School in April of 1952 but was barred from speaking due to accusations of her involvement in communist subversive groups. The speech was postponed when the mayor of Englewood (1948-1953), Melvin Leslie Denning met with the President of Henry Douglas Post 58 American Legion Auxilary and President of the Board of Education. Reports made by the House Committee on Un-American Activities and the California Legislative Committee on Un-American Activities were shown. Bethune instead gave the speech at Englewood Negro Church.
There was a controversy over the refusal to allow Bethune to speak and the accusations the auxiliary leveled toward her. One side agreed with the decision to bar Bethune until she proved her innocence and the other denounced the actions of the leaders in Englewood for unfounded accusations. Some also believed that the Board of Education and the Auxiliary were using possible ties to communism as a means of racial discrimination.
Later in May, the Board of Education reinvited Bethune to give a speech. She returned in June to do so. -
Arnold Brown (1932-?)
Arnold Brown was born on April 12, 1932, in Englewood, Brown's family had deep roots in New Jersey and Englewood. Brown grew up in the 4th ward and attended Lincoln Elementary and Dwight Morrow High School. Brown graduated from Bowling Green State University and received his law degree in 1957 from Rutgers University. He practiced law from 1957 to 1986.
Brown became a key figure in the Civil Rights movement in Englewood as a leader of the NAACP and Urban League. He also founded the Du Bois Book Center, which focuses on African American Studies.
In 1965, Brown became the first African American elected to the state legislature from Bergen County. In the 1980s and 1990s, Brown became a prominent historian of African American history in Bergen County.
He married Lydia Barbara White in 1955. After her death, Brown married Gwendolyn Wertby. He has four children, Crystal L., Beverly M. Brown-Fitzhugh, Dale E. Brown-Davis, and Arnold E.