smaller Upstate NY cities and towns/African American communities

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Saratoga Springs Volunteers Host Food and Clothing Drive in Honor of MLK Jr.: https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/ca...ratoga-springs

Rochester City Councilman Malik Evans Announces 2021 Mayoral Bid: https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/ro...21-mayoral-bid

Albany: https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/ca...pitol-storming

Ithaca: https://www.tompkinsweekly.com/artic...stice-for-all/

https://www.tompkinsweekly.com/artic...fety-reform-2/

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Albany native’s composition to be performed at Biden Inauguration: https://dailygazette.com/2021/01/19/...-inauguration/

He was born in Rochester as well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphus_Hailstork

His senior year picture from Albany High in 1959: https://www.classmates.com/siteui/ye...188121?page=39

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Cuomo Announces Expansion of Mandela Market on Buffalo’s East Side: https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/bu...o-s-east-side-

Albany Teen Entrepreneur Looks to Reach Other Youths With Book: https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/ca...repreneur-book

Knowing the Past Can Shape the Future(SUNY-Potsdam): https://www.wwnytv.com/2021/01/21/kn...-shape-future/

Ithaca: https://www.weny.com/story/43197657/...-through-today

Binghamton: https://wbng.com/2021/01/20/a-lot-of...-inauguration/

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This astrophysicist spend a portion their upbringing in Niagara Falls: Jedidah Isler, Ph.D. | Astrophysics | Speaker | Consultant

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedidah_Isler
https://www.google.com/amp/s/poc2.co...physicist/amp/

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This Yale professor graduated from Jamesville-DeWitt HS just east of Syracuse and the University of Rochester: https://medicine.yale.edu/profile/paul_turner/
https://turnerlab.yale.edu/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_E._Turner

His mom was a teacher in the Syracuse City SD for a little over a couple of decades. His picture as a Sophomore at J-D: https://www.classmates.com/siteui/ye...15189?page=123

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Local Groups Hand Out Clothes, Food in Newburgh on MLK Jr. Day: https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/hu...on-mlk-jr--day

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A historical reference...

This graduate of Cornell's Medical School was born in Albany: https://www.blackpast.org/african-am...ing-1890-1970/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/art...623647/?page=1

https://rmc.library.cornell.edu/alph...lyalpha_3.html

Also...

Capital Bank's parent company names Albany exec as new board member: https://www.bizjournals.com/albany/n...hibold-jr.html

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Another historical reference this time from Troy...

https://www.blackpast.org/african-am...ass-1859-1946/

Spellen of Troy

Mayor Madden Announces Dedication of Hiking Trail to Garnet Baltimore, First African-American Engineer & Graduate of RPI – Troy, NY

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This woman grew up primarily in Rochester and graduated from the now closed Nazareth Academy in Rochester in the late 1960's: https://www.blackpast.org/african-am...rt-pearl-1950/

Her picture as a 16 year old senior: https://www.classmates.com/siteui/ye...09304?page=136

This actress/playwright was born and raised in Albany: https://www.blackpast.org/african-am...harlayne-1955/

Her senior picture at Albany High: https://www.classmates.com/siteui/ye...115620?page=67

This artistic director/dancer/choreographer while born in FL, his family moved to Wayland in Steuben County in the mid 1950's(likely migrant farm family): https://www.blackpast.org/african-am...s-bill-t-1952/

His senior year picture from Wayland-Cohocton HS: https://www.classmates.com/siteui/ye...209303?page=37
Apparently, his was not the only black family in town: https://www.classmates.com/siteui/ye...209303?page=43

Former residents of Ithaca: https://www.blackpast.org/african-am...thy-1930-2018/

https://www.blackpast.org/african-am...ers-1906-1988/

https://www.blackpast.org/african-am...t-i-1895-1969/ (i believe graduated from Ithaca HS around 1913)

A couple of long time residents of Buffalo: https://www.blackpast.org/african-am...w-j-1883-1961/

https://www.blackpast.org/african-am...ill-1882-1951/

Born and raised in Buffalo: https://www.blackpast.org/global-afr...lee-davis1951/

His senior year picture from South Park HS in the city: https://www.classmates.com/siteui/ye...104670?page=56
His mother was a Lackawanna native.

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A new venture in Albany:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3nkXIkDUNU

His first venture in Troy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miV_jsWh4n0