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Recounting segregation on LI at MLK event

Suffolk County Legislator DuWayne Gregory speaks with Janie

Photo credit: Barry Sloan | Suffolk County Legislator DuWayne Gregory speaks with Janie Farland, left, and Glendora Ravenell-Geddis during the 5th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast and Celebration at the Holy Trinity Baptist Church in Amityville. (Jan. 19, 2013)

The election of a black president may have marked a milestone in race relations for the nation, but "we still have a long way to go" to achieve many of Dr. Martin Luther King's goals, Suffolk County Legis. DuWayne Gregory said Saturday.

In an interview after he addressed a breakfast meeting in King's honor at Holy Trinity Baptist Church in Amityville, Majority Leader Gregory (D-Amityville)...

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