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John T. Wright ( – November 18, 1976), American
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politician and taxi company proprietor. In 1952, he became the first African-American councilmember in predominantly Republican
Bergen County Bergen County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of New Jersey.Englewood, New Jersey Englewood is a city in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, which at the 2020 United States census had a population of 29,308. Englewood was incorporated as a city by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 17, 1899, from por ...
. Born in
Dumont, New Jersey Dumont is a Borough (New Jersey), borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 17,479,Englewood, New Jersey Englewood is a city in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, which at the 2020 United States census had a population of 29,308. Englewood was incorporated as a city by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 17, 1899, from por ...
, Wright attended Dwight Morrow High School, where as a student athlete he played both basketball and football. After serving in the
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, he attended Junior College of Bergen County and Howard University, where he was on the baseball and football teams."John T. Wright, 50; First black councilman in Bergen"
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'', November 21, 1976. Accessed July 24, 2024, via Newspapers.com. "In 1953, as a Democrat, Mr. Wright was elected to the Englewood City Council at Age 27. He served until 1961. Born in Dumont, he moved to Englewood at Age 10 and attended Lincoln School and Dwight Morrow High School, where he played football and basketball. Upon graduation he entered the Army. He received an honorable discharge in 1945 and continued his education 'at Bergen Junior College and Howard University, where he played football and baseball."


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