smaller Upstate NY cities and towns/African American communities (New York: metro, areas)

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This festival is taking place in Buffalo: Buffalo, NY – The Soulfood Festival | iLoveSoulFood

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Sports references: A parade of local track and field state champions


Luton, Stevens capture state track titles - Prep Talk

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Originally Posted by ckhthankgod

Hopefully he can improve the Rochester City SD like he helped to improve the Ithaca City SD: Luvelle Brown Next Rochester Superintendent, According to Reports - Ithaca Times : News

Ithaca City SD has a 94% graduation rate according to I believe 2013-2014 NYSED School Report Card info. It was in the high 70's in terms of percentage before he got there.

It appears that he is staying after all: Minority Reporter Ithaca City School District Superintendent Not Leaving for RCSD - Minority Reporter


It appears that he and his family like Ithaca and the Ithaca City SD.

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Another sports reference: FOX 40 WICZ TV - News, Sports, Weather, Contests & More - Drummond discusses transfer to Syracuse

Harpursville is a small town/rural SD just NE of Binghamton.

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Interesting story about this Troy native that was an attorney, politician and land agent: McCabe, Edward P. (1850-1920) | The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed

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Here is a sports documentary about Albany's Green Tech Charter HS's state NYSPHSAA Class AA(highest classification) Basketball championship from 2013-2014:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbPuQS1PxUE

Green Tech Charter had a graduation rate of 86% according to the most recent NYSED School Report Card(2014-2015). It is all male and is 97% Black according to the same source.

More Green Tech: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BjTdLU1Rt0Y

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This school superintendent is actually leaving: Syracuse school board still reeling from Superintendent Sharon Contreras' departure | syracuse.com

Contreras, who is of African American and Hispanic descent is actually a native of Uniondale on Long Island.

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School reference: News and Information

East Syracuse-Minoa is an Eastern suburban school district east of Syracuse(of course).

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Another historical reference.......While born in Philadelphia, this woman arrived in Troy within weeks of her birth, where she grew up and graduated at the top of her class at Troy High in 1937: Brown, Dorothy Lavinia (1919-2004) | The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed

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Another historical reference....This is the first African American to graduate from Cornell's Law School(1890): Fields, George Washington (1854

Another historical reference: Jeffrey, Hester C. (1842-1934) | The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed