Black History Month Archives - The Suffolk Times

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 News

Exhibit 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...

02.16.2020 Editorials

Editorial: We can do even more to understand our past beyond Black History Month

Last August, The New York Times published its 1619 Project, a magazine-length examination of how slavery powered the early American economy and, over the generations, how it shaped our...

02.15.2020 Editorials

Editorial: We can do even more to understand our past beyond Black History Month

Last August, The New York Times published its 1619 Project, a magazine-length examination of how slavery powered the early American economy and, over the generations, how it shaped our...

02.09.2020 Columns

Featured Letter: At this time of year, we need more than reflection

It’s that time of year when the powerful speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. fill the airwaves and events in his honor are plentiful as precursors leading into...

03.03.2019 Columns

Guest Column: The importance of Black History Month

During Black History Month we are reminded of the success and accomplishments we in the black community have achieved. However, we must realize that success is not by chance....

02.08.2019 Community

History of North Fork slavery largely ignored until recently, historians say

Not long after the founding of Southold Town in the mid-1600s, and more than a century before the western end of the town broke off and became Riverhead, the...

02.06.2015 Community

Suffolk Historical Society unveils doll collection for Black History Month

Miniature versions of influential African-American figures like abolitionist Harriet Tubman and President Barack Obama are among the 200 dolls on view through March 7 at Suffolk County Historical Society’s...

02.11.2014 Greenport School District

Black History: Celebrating our differences in Greenport

“Everybody has their own rhythm and everybody has their own style — and that’s what makes America so beautiful.” That’s what nationally renowned storyteller and teaching artist Queen Nur...

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

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

Exhibit honors ‘Unsung Heroes’ during Black History Month

Editorial: We can do even more to understand our past beyond Black History Month

Editorial: We can do even more to understand our past beyond Black History Month

Featured Letter: At this time of year, we need more than reflection

Guest Column: The importance of Black History Month

History of North Fork slavery largely ignored until recently, historians say

Suffolk Historical Society unveils doll collection for Black History Month

Black History: Celebrating our differences in Greenport