Deadline to submit nominations is December 16 NEW CITY, NY – County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef announced today that the county is once again accepting nominations for the Civil Rights Hall of Fame for 2013. Now in its 11th year, the Hall of Fame was first launched in 2003 as part of the Human Rights […]
County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef today unveiled commemorative plaques in honor of the 2011 and 2012 inductees to the Rockland County Civil Rights Hall of Fame. The 2011 honorees include: the late Bernard L. Charles and Eleanor “Ellie” Charles, the late William “Bill” Darden, the late Bernice C. Glass and the late Laurence H. Holland. […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE The year was 1964. It was a time of continuing frustration for black people in the State of Mississippi as obstacle after obstacle was put in their way as they tried to register to vote. They were still being demeaned by the white folk, called “n****r” and other derogatory slang. It […]