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Remembering a church visit by John Lewis was Black and white here that day to see him. They knew they were in the presence of civil Six years ago, U.S. Rep. John rights royalty.” Lewis, the late civil rights leader, Williams remembered seeing spoke at First Baptist Church of Lewis many times before meetGlen Cove on a Suning him. He had seen day and signed copphotos and videos of ies of his 1998 memLewis on television oir, “Walking With and in newspapers the Wind: A Memoir and books recountof the Movement.” ing his fight for civil According to the rights. church’s pastor, the As detailed in Rev. Roger Williams, Lewis’s congressiothen U.S. Rep. Steve nal biography, as a Israel, whose 3rd college student at Congressional DisFisk University in trict included Glen Nashville, Tenn., he Cove, reached out to demonstrated in sitLewis to ask if he ins at segregated could visit the lunch counters in church. 1961, and took part “I told him cer- ThE rEV. roGEr in Freedom Rides, tainly it was going to WilliAMS which challenged be an honor,” Wilthe segregation at liams recalled. “He Pastor, First Baptist bus terminals across came with Steve Church of G.C. the South, often riskIsrael and one of ing his life just for Steve Israel’s aides at the time, sitting in a seat reserved for and people from all over the com- white patrons. munity were here . . . the people By 1963, Lewis had become a that were here, you could tell, national leader of the civil rights were profoundly respectful of movement. At age 23, he was an who he was and his living legacy. organizer and keynote speaker They knew who he was; they at the 1963 March on Washingknew he was a major exponent ton. of the civil rights movement. It Continued on page 24
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Cooling off at Tappen Pool Shea Brennan couldn’t have been happier. He was at Tappen Pool with his mother, Lauren. The town added a three-hour time limit for residents on Monday, but Shea can come back later if he wants. Story, Page 14.
Bill would make real estate discrimination a crime in N.Y. By MikE CoNN mconn@liherald.com
If Gov. Andrew Cuomo signs it, legislation that would hold real estate professionals accountable for discriminatory housing practices, authored by State Sen. Jim Gaughran, a Democrat from
Northport, will become law. The bill would allow the Department of State to revoke real estate brokers’ and salespersons’ licenses if they are found to be discriminating against customers based on race. The Senate approved the bill on July 22, 59-1. The only dissent-
ing vote came from Sen. Andrew Lanza, a Republican from Staten Island. State Assemblywoman Kimberly Jean-Pierre, a Democrat from Wheatley Heights, sponsored the bill in the Assembly, where it passed unanimously on July 24. It will now be sent to Continued on page 2
t was Black and white here that day to see him. They knew they were in the presence of civil rights royalty.