smaller Upstate NY cities and towns/African American communities

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Originally Posted by ckhthankgod

From the Buffalo History Channel, with an interview with a Buffalo State teammate of a late Bellport(L.I.) HS and NBA great Randy Smith:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=YufpOayn...1iijnmdntobT2Y

Rochester, New York's Black-owned businesses build support system for each other: https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/ce...for-each-other

Niskayuna resident nominated to lead New York State Police: https://www.dailygazette.com/news/lo...a66c46909.html

More sports references from Wheatland-Chili:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adtGQMe8gb8

From U2TV, Green Tech Charter(Albany), head coach:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYWQ3xh9Gm4


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSzBMXasMYg

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2w9m-SC7Ckg

Watervliet:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw5OXOuKhvI

La Salle Institute(Troy): https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0o9POoBwbrI

A USA Boxing reference from Syracuse: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid...87023376117059

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Guilderland(Albany Co.)/Schenectady(Schenectady Co.)(Women, 5:45 pm): https://fan.hudl.com/usa/ny/schenect...MTA1Y2Y5YjE%3D

Niagara Falls(Niagara Co.)/West Seneca West(Erie Co.)(Women, 6:30 pm): https://events.locallive.tv/events/128615

Prep schools Redemption Christian Academy(Troy, Rensselaer Co.)/Springfield Commonwealth Academy(MA)(Men, Class C):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89Grlq5H_vo

More later...

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More from the Class AA between Redemption Christian Academy/Springfield Commonwealth Academy:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6-V8xS...BiYXNrZXRiYWxs

Oswego Co. schools Central Square/Oswego(Men):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=56JZeIkK2wU

Erie Co./Buffalo private schools Bishop Timon/Nichols(Men):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mm87Z8mfiY0

Kenmore East(Erie Co.)/Lewiston-Porter(Niagara Co.)(Men):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=94yG3GG71r0

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Homer(Cortland Co.)/Syracuse City’s ITC(just south of Downtown)(Men):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xbAOH_aKAfI

Albion(Orleans Co.)/Wilson(Niagara Co.)(Men):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5w3L0RGgOc

Newfane(Niagara Co.)/Medina(Orleans Co.)(Men):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=D_jigNpDjMk
(Women):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb7DtoqHb2k

Erie Co. schools Grand Island/CSAT(Buffalo)(Men):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqkeiccmUmQ
(Women):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wdfraW3iTc0

Minisink Valley(Slate Hill, Orange Co.)/Monticello(Sullivan Co.)(Men):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YzRC4TBUhhE

Saratoga Springs(Saratoga Co.)/Bethlehem(Albany Co.)(Men):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZKehiopeqY

Monroe Co. schools Fairport/Brighton(Women):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_xqZ53re74o

Wayne Co. schools Red Creek/Lyons(Men):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AG0...UJTHlvbnMgY3Nk

Onondaga Co./Syracuse area Catholic schools Bishop Grimes(East Syracuse)/Bishop Ludden(Geddes/Syracuse)(Men):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HYUmA59cTSA

Attica(Wyoming Co.)/Pembroke(Genesee Co.)(Men):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci1Hg1LgzHc

Mohanasen(Rotterdam, Schenectady Co.)/Voorheesville(Albany Co.)(Men):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jdeAHw...aWxsZSBjc2Q%3D

Schenectady(Schenectady Co.)/Guilderland(Albany Co.)(Men):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOspFqFfl8E

Erie Co. schools Lancaster/Frontier(Hamburg)(Men):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cu2qSB3gL0

Wallkill(Ulster Co.)/Beacon(Dutchess Co)(Women): https://www.team1sports.com/highschool/ny/?B=957598

Dutchess Co. schools Arlington(Lagrangeville)/R.C. Ketcham(Wappingers Falls/Wappingers SD)(Men, 6:30 pm): https://events.locallive.tv/events/127391

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Onondaga Co. schools Skaneateles/Solvay(Men):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uogJ7g...xldGljcw%3D%3D

Letchworth(Gainesville, Wyoming Co.)/Caledonia-Mumford(Livingston Co.)(Men):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aWqOeKJXQw

Cicero-North Syracuse(Onondaga Co.)/Auburn(Cayuga Co.)(Women):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CqA4lh6e9s8

Syracuse City’s West(3 school co-op, Onondaga Co.)/Homer(Cortland Co.)(Women):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwWT...NzZCB5b3V0dWJl

Steuben Co. rival schools Bath Haverling/Hornell(Men):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BA2uR_pUqYQ

Mount Morris(Livingston Co.)/Pavilion(Genesee Co.)(Men):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-5htte3vv9g

Livingston Co. schools Livonia/Dansville(Men):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ3aOOLfzkI

East Rochester(Monroe Co.)/Clyde-Savannag(Wayne Co.)(Men):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1kSpMxGU9KI

Notre Dame(Elmira, Chemung Co.)/Lansing(Tompkins Co.)(Women):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jttAjPzuSHE

Waterloo(Seneca Co.)/Palmyra-Macedon(Wayne Co.)(Men):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfSACiFFB80

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MQO9ILJbkyQ

Genesee Co. schools Elba/Notre Dame(Batavia)(Men):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpiRnuSKOAI

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Even more from Jefferson Co. schools Indian River(Philadelphia)/General Brown(Dexter)(Men):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VEcFl3rxtK8

Newark(Wayne Co.)/Marcus Whitman(Rushville/Gorham-Middlesex SD, Ontario Co.)(Men):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4eW...4gYXRobGV0aWNz

Cohoes(Albany Co.)/Schuylerville(Saratoga Co.)(Men):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=i2Z97yA2SsY

Monroe Co. schools Penfield/Webster Thomas(Women):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7VL9cShawrE

Monroe Co. schools Gates-Chili/Spencerport(Women):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIfgv1gM6ck

Seneca Falls Mynderse(Seneca Co.)/Geneva(Ontario Co.)(Men):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Klexj02as0M

Schenectady/Guilderland:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6xOd7r6rAc (with announcers)

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Transforming History: How Buffalo’s Latest Exhibit is Rewriting African American Legacies: https://www.buffalorising.com/2024/0...ican-legacies/

An interview with a former Jamesville-DeWitt/Syracuse University and NFL/CFL great about the Syracuse University Football program and its new head coach:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RZNtwTtsuI

Some historical information from Norwich in Chenango County from the Robert Bellamy Collection: https://nyheritage.org/collections/r...amy-collection
https://nyheritage.contentdm.oclc.or...er/date/ad/asc
and the Underground Railroad/Veterans in the area: https://www.newyorkalmanack.com/2023...olored-troops/

An event from last year about a Civil War vet that came to Upstate NY to escape enslavement in VA, first coming to rural Albany County, then later to Otsego County and is buried in Delhi in Delaware County: https://www.woodlandcemeterydelhi.or...-well-lived-2/
Descendants include one of the first black mayors of NY State(Bridgewater in Oneida County): https://www.wgpfoundation.org/histor...verett-holmes/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/...rett-t_-holmes
and this Syracuse based playwright that is a native of Frankfort, east of Utica: https://www.kylebassplaywright.com/about
(the latter's brother, who is a graduate of Utica's Notre Dame HS: https://wset.com/news/nation-world/s...ollywood-magic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Bass )

Ironically, I believe that there is a connection between the Bellamy and Holmes families, as both have ties to Chenango County.

Rome, Tuskegee Airman Herbert Thorpe dies at 101. What lessons can be learned from his life?: https://www.uticaod.com/story/news/l...tica-nletter01

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Prep schools Redemption Christian Academy(Troy, Rensselaer Co.)/NY Military Academy(Cornwall-on Hudson, Orange Co.)(Men, Class AAA):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr_sZ-U8okY

Prep/Private schools The Newman School(Boston)/Hoosac School(Hoosick, Rensselaer Co.)(Men, 4 pm): https://www.team1sports.com/highschool/ny/?B=959743

Erie Co./Amherst schools Sweet home/Amherst Central(Men, 7 pm): https://events.locallive.tv/events/128296

Erie Co. schools Eden/Cheektowaga-Sloan JFK(Men, 6:30 pm): https://events.locallive.tv/events/129246

More later...

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Private schools Albany Academy(Albany Co.)/Mekeel Christian(Scotia, Schenectady Co.)(Men by U2TV):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BI1svc2MyAU

Onondaga Central(Nedrow, Onondaga Co.)/Altmar-Parish-Williamstown(Oswego Co.)(Women):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=m28NuJnGIos

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^Chatham(Columbia Co.)/Rensselaer(Rensselaer Co.)(Women): https://fan.hudl.com/usa/ny/renssela...RjYXN0ODk1Mjk4