02.18.2022 News Suffolk County Historical Society issues apology for newsletter featuring 1926 KKK advertisement The Suffolk County Historical Society issued an apology Thursday for circulating a 1926 advertisement for the Ku Klux Klan as part of its most recent “Photo of the Week”...
02.04.2017 Columns Suffolk Closeup: The county’s shameful — and heroic — history “Civil Rights on Long Island” is a new book by Christopher Verga. And, kicking off his January 21 presentation at the Suffolk County Historical Society in Riverhead, Mr. Verga...
02.27.2016 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Never forgetting There’s a remarkable organization in Suffolk County called the Suffolk Center on the Holocaust, Diversity and Human Understanding (CHDHU). And I have been honored to be appointed a member...