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Richard Prideaux, a 1960s force for racial equality on Staten Island, dies. He was 94. Updated Mar 08, 2021; Facebook Share “We shall overcome. We shall overcome. We shall overcome some day …” Only 7 years old that afternoon in 1963, Barbara Prideaux was one of the youngest among those gathered at the corner of Castleton and Richmond avenues. But she was old enough to know it was wrong for the shop owner to prohibit a Black woman from trying on a dress. Richard with daughter Barbara in 2019 Barbara often joined the protests organized by her father, Richard Prideaux, a gentle giant of a man who was one of Staten Island’s first, and few, Black civil rights leaders at a time when it mattered most. His personal experiences of discrimination and segregation were the catalysts for a lifetime of peaceful activism. ....
Staten Island obituaries for Feb. 12, 2021 Updated Feb 12, 2021; STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. The following is a roundup of obituaries published on SILive.com. Viewing times and guestbooks can be found here. Dolores Gibson, 87, a former Staten Island resident who had been a member of St. Phillips Baptist Church and worked for more than 25 years at The Institute of Basic Research, died Feb. 8, 2021. Norman L. Gilby Jr., 62, who was raised on Staten Island, was a veteran of the Navy and retired from Staten Island Railway, died Feb. 2, 2021. Thomas Owen Reilly, 77, a lifelong Staten Islander and a longtime parishioner of Holy Family Catholic Church, who was a Navy veteran and spent most of his adult working life on the water, died Feb. 7, 2021. ....
‘We need to be the voice;’ S.I. faith leaders join to condemn white supremacist flyers Updated Jan 10, 2021; Posted Jan 10, 2021 Sally Jones, a St. George resident, holds a sign during Sunday s vigil. (Staten Island Advance/Joseph Ostapiuk) Facebook Share STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. After anti-Semitic flyers were discovered in New Dorp earlier this month and in the wake of violence at the U.S. Capitol last week, a candlelight walk and vigil was held on Staten Island Sunday evening denouncing the presence of the white supremacist propaganda. “The purpose of this walk and candlelight vigil is for Staten Island clergy and community leaders to stand up to racism and white supremacy,” said Rev. Karen Jackson, an inter-religious leader. “We’re responding specifically to the distribution of anti-Semitic flyers here in the New Dorp neighborhood, but also, of course, to the violence we witnessed at the Capitol.” ....