smaller Upstate NY cities and towns/African American communities

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More sport references...

(Rochester area), Friday boys basketball victories for East High and Gates Chili: https://13wham.com/sports/hs-sports-...nd-gates-chili
https://www.whec.com/sports/gates-ch...18575/?cat=571
https://www.rochesterfirst.com/sport...er-leadership/

Sutherland, World of Inquiry pick up boys basketball wins: https://www.rochesterfirst.com/sport...sketball-wins/

Roundball Roundup: February 19, 2021: https://www.rochesterfirst.com/round...ruary-19-2021/

(Southern Tier: Binghamton/Elmira/Corning, etc.), High school basketball roundup: https://wbng.com/2021/02/19/high-sch...tball-roundup/

Friday Night High School Hoops Highlights: https://www.wicz.com/story/43380461/...ops-highlights

Elmira tops Horseheads on senior night & local scoreboard: https://www.mytwintiers.com/sports/e...al-scoreboard/

ELMIRA GIRLS TOP HORSEHEADS IN SECTION TITLE REMATCH: https://www.weny.com/clip/15188493/e...-title-rematch

ELMIRA BOYS ROLL TO BIG WIN OVER EDISON: https://www.weny.com/clip/15188496/e...in-over-edison

WAVERLY GIRLS WIN REMATCH VS NEWARK VALLEY TO HAND CARDINALS FIRST LOSS: https://www.weny.com/clip/15188071/w...als-first-loss

BIG 3RD QUARTER PROPELS HORSEHEADS BOYS OVER WAVERLY FOR FIRST WIN: https://www.weny.com/clip/15188504/b...-for-first-win

(Buffalo area), Amherst GBB blows out Will South 82-49: https://www.wivb.com/sports/amherst-...l-south-82-49/

Lancaster GBB outlasts OP 59-50: https://www.wivb.com/sports/lancaste...asts-op-59-50/

(Albany area), Shen outlasts Troy to remain undefeated: https://cbs6albany.com/sports/conten...ain-undefeated
https://www.news10.com/sports/shenen...tchup-in-troy/

Shaker/Colonie(girls): https://www.news10.com/sports/mahone...shaker-to-win/

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Newark: https://waynetimes.com/sports/this-w...school-sports/

Lyons: https://waynetimes.com/sports/this-w...tball-returns/

Palmyra-Macedon: https://www.dansvilleonline.com/stor...on/4483048001/

Olean: https://www.oleantimesherald.com/ole...17f164b70.html

Albion/Medina: https://orleanshub.com/mustangs-down...at-the-buzzer/

Troy: https://www.saratogian.com/news/girl...b59132719.html

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Upstate’s forgotten abolitionists: Elmira’s John W. Jones buried Confederate prisoners with compassion: https://www.newyorkupstate.com/elmir...ompassion.html

Also, video of The Park School of Buffalo/Rochester's Aquinas Institute: https://www.facebook.com/15726622/vi...ideo&ref=notif

https://www.facebook.com/15726622/vi...ideo&ref=notif

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Actually from WIVB which is Buffalo’s CBS affiliate, Honoring Black History: https://www.cnyhomepage.com/news/hid...black-history/

Sports references, (Rochester area)
Notable Saturday wins for Livonia girls hoops, Wayne boys hoops and Spencerport hockey: https://13wham.com/sports/hs-sports-...cerport-hockey

(Syracuse area), CBA boys win thriller over J-D: https://www.localsyr.com/sports/loca...ller-over-j-d/

(Southern Tier: Binghamton/Elmira/Corning/Ithaca areas), Section IV Saturday High School Basketball Recap: https://www.wicz.com/story/43381749/...sketball-recap

(Albany area), High school basketball - 2/20: https://wnyt.com/sports/high-school-...19071/?cat=256

Albany Academy opens with win over Mohonasen: https://www.news10.com/sports/local-...ver-mohonasen/

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(Albany), Author Creates Book With Parents' World War II Love Letters: https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/ca...ters-in-a-book
More: https://www.arealwholelot.com/
https://www.arealwholelot.com/about-us/

In Our Own Voices CEO Says There's More Work To Do: https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/ca...15-years-later

(Syracuse), A Generational Dreamer: Black-Owned Business Opens at Salt City Market: https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/ce...lt-city-market

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This current judge is a graduate of Wheatland-Chili HS in Scottsville, which is located SW of Rochester and comes from a family with roots in Culpeper VA, which is where many of the black people in that town and nearby communities such as Le Roy and the Caledonia-Mumford area have roots from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_McKee

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/bio...theodore-mckee

His pictures on the JV Basketball and Soccer teams in the early 1960's: https://www.classmates.com/siteui/ye...10708?page=108

https://www.classmates.com/siteui/ye...10708?page=106

Some Wheatland-Chili SD info: https://data.nysed.gov/profile.php?instid=800000050690
https://data.nysed.gov/gradrate.php?...d=800000050690
https://data.nysed.gov/enrollment.ph...d=800000050690

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Rochester Biz Conversations: Angela Sims, Colgate Rochester Crozier Divinity School: https://rbj.net/2021/02/18/rochester...vinity-school/

A historical clergy reference that was born in Albany in 1809 and lived in Greene County for most of his childhood: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Burns
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/.../francis-burns
https://www.umc.org/en/content/ask-t...bishop-elected

Sports references, (Rochester area), AQ holds off McQuaid; Northstar scores pair of wins: https://www.rochesterfirst.com/sport...-pair-of-wins/

Talented Black Artists in WNY You Need to Know About: https://stepoutbuffalo.com/talented-...wny-need-know/

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This molecular biologist is a Buffalo native and is a graduate of Williamsville North HS and Buffalo State: https://www.scimaven.com/about

https://fortune.com/40-under-40/2020/raven-baxter/

UB student joins Buffalo effort to engage with teens during pandemic - UB Now: News and views for UB faculty and staff - University at Buffalo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raven_Baxter

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^More...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehBwfH0p06I

https://www.youtube.com/c/RaventheScienceMaven/featured

Also, from Glens Falls: https://poststar.com/news/local/dive...80de2f930.html

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Sports references, (Southern Tier), Tuesday Night Broome County Hoops Highlights: https://www.wicz.com/story/43397428/...ops-highlights

Twin Tiers Christian’s Dupree scores 1,000th career point: https://www.mytwintiers.com/sports/t...-career-point/
https://www.weny.com/clip/15189546/t...-union-springs

CORNING BOYS HOLD OFF HORSEHEADS 63-55: https://www.weny.com/clip/15189126/c...rseheads-63-55

(Buffalo area), St. Joe’s holds on to beat Nichols 74-65: https://www.wivb.com/sports/st-joes-...nichols-74-65/

(Watertown area): https://www.wwnytv.com/2021/02/24/hi...hage-hardwood/

(Rochester area), Packed Tuesday Section V slate sees wins for Mendon, Mercy, East, HFL boys hoops & Hilton: https://13wham.com/sports/hs-sports-...s-hoops-hilton

Gates Chili, Mendon boys remain undefeated with Tuesday night wins: https://www.rochesterfirst.com/sport...ay-night-wins/

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^continued...(Utica-Rome area), RFA Girls Basketball Tops Whitesboro: https://www.cnyhomepage.com/sports/l...ps-whitesboro/

WHITESBORO BOYS, RFA GIRLS WIN HEAD-TO-HEAD MATCHUPS AS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL RETURNS IN FULL FORCE TO AREA: https://www.wktv.com/content/news/2-...573857521.html

(Syracuse area), West Genesee(Camillus)/Henninger(Syracuse):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asfjdQbQTSU

Amaya Williams 30 points leads Nottingham to win over Liverpool: https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nca...ol/ar-BB1dVB7j