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Town’s Civil Rights Documentary Screened at Westbury NAACP’s ‘Taste of Westbury’


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 August 9, 2019
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Town’s Civil Rights Documentary Screened at Westbury NAACP’s ‘Taste of Westbury’

 

North Hempstead, NY – Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth and Council Member Viviana Russell were proud to introduce the Town’s Civil Rights documentary Defining Moments: The Civil Rights Movement in North Hempstead at a screening hosted by the Westbury Branch of the NAACP and the Village of Westbury on August 3. The film was part of A Taste of Westbury, an event hosted by the NAACP and the village which included numerous food vendors throughout the village’s piazza. New York State Senator Anna Kaplan; Nassau County Legislator Siela Bynoe; Peter Cavallaro, Mayor of the Village of Westbury; Leslie Davis, President of the NAACP Westbury Branch and Habib Ahmed, President of the Islamic Center of Long Island NY were also in attendance









Front row, left to right): Habib Ahmed, President of the Islamic Center of Long Island NY; New York State Senator Anna Kaplan; North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth; Council Member Viviana Russell; Leslie Davis, President of the NAACP Westbury Branch; Peter Cavallaro, Mayor of the Village of Westbury and Nassau County Legislator Siela Bynoe at the screening of Defining Moments: The Civil Rights Movement in North Hempstead.


  

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