Black History Month Archives - Riverhead News Review

02.21.2024 Community

Long Island student artists create to celebrate Black History Month

Through paint and chalk and pencil and ink, East End Arts’ fourth annual MLK Portrait Project takes Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. statements to heart — but instead of...

02.16.2024 News

Riverhead High School hosts 15th annual Black History Month celebration

With song and dance, poetry and praise, Riverhead High School celebrated not only Black history, but members of its community worthy of recognition Thursday evening. This year marked the...

02.24.2023 Education

Riverhead High School hosts annual Black History Month Celebration: Photos

Community members packed the Riverhead High School’s Charles Cardona Auditorium for the annual Black History Month events last Thursday. The mistress of ceremonies, Alethia Ford of the First Baptist...

02.10.2023 Editorials

Editorial: Should a politician dictate what is and isn’t our history?

The discussion of American history, and in particular African American history, is the latest front line in the so-called culture wars underway in our country. This is a tragedy....

02.09.2023 Community

Exhibit showing antique dolls of color is one of several local programs planned for Black History Month

“History Through Dolls of Color: Silent Witnesses in Time” is the newest pop-up exhibit at the Suffolk County Historical Society in Riverhead, just in time for Black History Month....

02.17.2022 Community

Exhibit at honors ‘Unsung Heroes’ during Black History Month

As you walk into the Riverhead Free Library it’s hard to miss the “Unsung Heroes Who Shaped America” exhibit organized by the African American Educational and Cultural Festival. Behind...

02.25.2021 News

Late Little Flower executive was ‘fearless’ with sense for social justice

What’s right is right, and when Mary White saw something that wasn’t right, she spoke up about it. One day Ms. White noticed Black children toiling in the searing...

02.11.2021 News

From humble beginnings, he became a trailblazer in Riverhead Town

Charlie Crump celebrated his 90th birthday last month at the retirement community located on a golf course where he resides in Georgia. His family had thrown a big party...

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