Download or read book African Americans of Western Long Island written by Jerry Domatob and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African Americans of Western Long Island is a tribute to a particular people who have given much to their communities and made history along the way. It focuses on African Americans who have not only with distinguished themselves but also served to make the western half of Long Island, from Hempstead to Gordon Heights, a stronger and better place. With more than two hundred select photographs and well-researched text, the book highlights the faces and the accomplishments of those who blazed the trail in various fields: pastors and educators, political leaders and jurists, businesspeople and athletes, and artists and entertainers.