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Old 02-17-2017, 08:36 PM
 
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From Niagara Falls: The hidden history of Niagara Falls | wivb.com
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Old 02-20-2017, 01:53 PM
 
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Some people with Upstate NY ties: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/?title=Harriet_Tubman

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_H._Holland (Auburn's HS Football stadium is named after him)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fannie_Barrier_Williams

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Jones_(ex-slave)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Washington

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Albert_Mossell
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Francis_Mossell (both spent part of their childhood in Lockport)

https://www.city-data.com/forum/22690665-post180.html

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Franklin_Grant

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Haley (also lived in Rome for a period of time)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jermain_Wesley_Loguen

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_L._Reason

Theta Zeta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc – Omicron Delta Lambda Chapter » George Biddle Kelley

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Douglass

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_P._Anderson

John Dove - The Creator of CD Rom Technology
John Dove - News Articles

First Black Mayor of America

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Schuyler (credited as being the first or one of the first African Americans to write a science fiction novel/book)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Ringgold_Ward

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_James_(minister)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Davis

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Loguen_Fraser

Benjamin Marcellus "Ben" White (1900 - 1982) - Find A Grave Memorial

For The Good, Inc. Everett Holmes | For The Good, Inc.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sojourner_Truth (if you include Ulster County)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_S._Duncanson

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henr...rican_football)

Edmonia Goodelle Highgate (1844 - 1870) - Find A Grave Memorial
American Experience | Reconstruction: The Second Civil War | Access to Learning | PBS

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amer...ry_Association (founded in Albany)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Freeman
More information on these individuals: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/f...&GRid=23570464


Fraser, Sarah Loguen (1850-1933) | The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed
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Old 02-22-2017, 07:47 PM
 
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More on Robert S. Duncanson, who was born in the town of Fayette in Seneca County: Robert S. Duncanson Biography at Black History Now - Black Heritage Commemorative Society

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Old 02-23-2017, 06:01 PM
 
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Scores 2-Day: February 21, 2017 - WKTV News
Sports Express Wrap: February 17, 2017 - WKTV News

Crusaders Cruise In First Round of Sectionals | WENY-TV NEWS
Elmira Boys Edge JC | WENY-TV NEWS

Newfield's Quintel Clements Named I.A.C. South Small School (Newfield is just SW of Ithaca)
18 Sports Athlete of The Week: Horseheads LaDarron Tutton - Story

OP, Hamburg advance as first round of boys basketball winds down - Story

Highlights & Scores: Section 3, Section 10 Basketball - Plus Hoc
Sackets Harbor Heads To Section 3 Semis
Highlights & Scores: Volleyball & Boys' Basketball Playoffs
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Old 02-27-2017, 06:03 PM
 
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A couple of schools named after people with local ties: Stephen and Harriet Myers Middle School - City School District of Albany, Albany, NY

Beverly J. Martin Elementary | Ithaca School District
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Old 03-01-2017, 08:50 PM
 
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Segment and information about a Fort Drum chaplain: Facing the Rising Sun: Fort Drum Chaplain Dr. James Key

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