The Martin Luther King Center is set to host the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day parade and celebration on Monday, Jan. 15.
The march will step off from Laurelton Boulevard and West Park …
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By Angelina Zingariello
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1/12/24
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America will soon mark 60 years since the March on Washington. On Aug. 28, 1963, some 250,000 people gathered peacefully at the Lincoln Memorial . . .
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8/10/23
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Last summer, when Jetta Kingsberry bought a home tucked away in a quiet Valley Stream neighborhood on Wingate Road, occupied mostly by retirees, she thought it would be a safe and charming place to …
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By Juan Lasso
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3/10/22
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President Biden’s proposed $2 trillion infrastructure plan is remarkable for its ambition and breadth and for taking significant steps to address historic racial inequities. The president deserves great credit . . .
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By Elaine Gross
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4/15/21
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John F. Kennedy High School’s newest club, aptly named Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, aims to make the school community more inclusive by promoting open dialogue on issues of race and social …
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By Andrew Garcia
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3/4/21
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Black women were front and center at the latest Black Lives Matter protest outside the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building in Mineola on Sept. 24.
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By Briana Bonfiglio
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9/28/20
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As a stay-at-home mother in 2006, Shanequa Levin, of Huntington Station, was feeling stir-crazy.
She had two children — ages 4 and 8 at the time — and had just moved to the town in …
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By Briana Bonfiglio
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2/27/20
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Freeport parents, clergy members and neighboring Long Islanders rallied in front of J.W. Dodd Middle School on Pine Street in Freeport on Tuesday, demanding that the Freeport School District fire an eighth-grade social studies teacher who required students to write humorous captions under photographs of former slaves.
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By Nadya Nataly
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10/2/19
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Twenty-first century Baldwin is widely seen as one of the most diverse communities in New York State. In 2006, Money Magazine named Baldwin one of the most desirable places to live, for a community …
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By Ken Brociner
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9/26/19
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An eighth-grade social studies teacher at J.W. Dodd Middle School is out of the classroom and under investigation by the Freeport School District for a “poorly conceived and executed” assignment that asked students to write humorous captions under pictures of former slaves.
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By Nadya Nataly
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9/25/19
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