This historical reference, which grew up in Mamaroneck and graduated from Bellows HS in 1940(which was the high school in the Rye Neck SD at the time and is the name of one of its elementary schools now) was the first African American to become an officer in the US Marines:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freder...ote-WashPost-1
https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/96214/a...rick-c-branch/
Here is his senior class picture:
https://www.classmates.com/siteui/ye...100756?page=15
His father was an African Methodist Episcopal(AME) Zion minister and likely served at this church, which is in the Rye Neck SD portion of Mamaroneck(village):
Historical Wonders: Barry Avenue AME Zion Church | Larchmont Historical Society
Street view of the church:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.9600...7i16384!8i8192 (There is a long time baptist church that worships out of the African American tradition nearby as well)
Some historical median household income information for the Rye Neck SD:
Rye Neck Union Free School District Historical Median Household Income by Races Data - USA.comâ„¢
For the village of Mamaroneck(which inc. the Mamaroneck SD as well), the black median household income is $83,250(2019 5 year census data):
https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table...ST5Y2019.S1903
Also, here is another person that migrated from NC with their family at a young age to Bay Shore on Long Island 74 years ago:
https://www.newsday.com/long-island/...eer-1.50517721
Bay Shore's black median household income is $72,198, with a 4.6% black poverty rate and a 4.1% black family poverty rate:
https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table...ST5Y2019.S1903
https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table...ST5Y2019.S1701
https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table...ST5Y2019.S1702
It is 18.4% black alone(21.4% inc. those in combo):
https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table...,%20New%20York
Long Island museums showcase Black artists and their works:
https://www.newsday.com/entertainmen...ons-1.50512459
Historic Hamptons home of 'Aunt Rae' Parks reborn as stylish cottage:
https://www.newsday.com/classifieds/...ory-1.50506930
Archivists expand hunt to uncover more of Roslyn's Black history:
https://www.newsday.com/long-island/...lyn-1.50511356 (Roslyn Heights in particular has a visible, long time black community; including a few churches)
From Westbury, Nassau legislator Siela Bynoe declares candidacy for Kathleen Rice's Congress seat:
https://www.newsday.com/long-island/...ice-1.50517474
Westbury, with a black population/community that goes back a few centuries, has a black median household income of $135,086:
https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table...ST5Y2019.S1903
Some interesting information about Westbury:
https://thewestburytimes.com/2019/10...unusual-place/
From a 1973 article:
https://www.nytimes.com/1973/11/15/a...of-growth.html (now the SD is predominantly Hispanic:
https://data.nysed.gov/enrollment.ph...d=800000049217 and the village is 17.7% black alone(20.1% inc. those in combo):
https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table...NNIALPL2020.P1 )
https://www.villageofwestbury.org/history
'The community's grandmother': WWII veteran from Gordon Heights remembered for her lifetime of service:
https://www.newsday.com/long-island/...eer-1.50503482
Gordon Heights is a suburban community in Suffolk County with a high historically black population:
https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table...NNIALPL2020.P1
Gordon Heights, NY Historical Race Data - USA.comâ„¢
Its black median household income is $99,886(2019 5 year census info):
https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table...ST5Y2019.S1903
With poverty figures at 11.3% and 13.3% for black residents and black families:
https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table...ST5Y2019.S1701
https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table...ST5Y2019.S1702
More history from Long Island:
https://www.hofstra.edu/library/libs...ckhistory.html
https://longislandweekly.com/black-h...n-long-island/
Sports references from...
Baldwin tops Port Washington to reach Nassau AA boys basketball final:
https://www.newsday.com/sports/high-...ffs-1.50518005
https://longisland.news12.com/baldwi...s-hoops-finals
Syosset:
https://www.newsday.com/sports/high-...ffs-1.50517810
https://longisland.news12.com/syosse...-playoff-upset
North Rockland:
https://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/...al/6881228001/
Port Chester/New Rochelle:
https://www.lohud.com/story/sports/h...nd/6881876001/ (On a side note, Port Chester is predominantly Hispanic and has the state's second ever Hispanic mayor, but also has a visible, long time black/African American population/community)
Iona Prep/Stepinac:
https://www.lohud.com/story/sports/h...is/6892738001/
Stepinac heads to Catholic championship game; Last second shot saves North Rockland:
https://hudsonvalley.news12.com/step...north-rockland
Mamaroneck/White Plains:
https://www.lohud.com/picture-galler...ck/6905307001/
Cardinal Hayes(Bronx):
https://bronx.news12.com/high-school...erway-citywide
Cardinal Spellman(Bronx):
https://bronx.news12.com/cardinal-sp...d-off-ceremony
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