Martin Luther King Jr., who was assassinated 50 years ago today, the Riverhead chapter of the NAACP invited him to be a guest speaker at its “annual observance of Freedom.” READ
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People from across Long Island gathered at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury Saturday afternoon to celebrate the successes of Long Island NAACP members and inspire people to keep fighting for justice for black people.
One of the most notable people at the event was its keynote speaker Rashad Robinson, a 1997 graduate of Riverhead High School and current executive director of Color of Change. READ