smaller Upstate NY cities and towns/African American communities

[ckhthankgod]

Pittsford town board reference: Elected Officials | Town of Pittsford, New York
https://rbj.net/2019/06/28/leaders-m...and-inclusion/

He is originally from Jamaica and grew up in the Bahamas: https://13wham.com/news/local/pittsf...n-board-member

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From Lewiston-Porter(and Stand Still Media):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqXe...&feature=share

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Originally Posted by ckhthankgod

Another long time family from the community that came originally from VA(Campbell County south of Lynchburg): https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/...stus-alexander

I believe that former school is where the church is located and the Arrington family also have roots from VA.

More recent references from this family:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2Wb...&feature=share
LeRoy Sports Hall of Fame - Induction Classes

https://www.thebatavian.com/blogs/hi...y-numbers/3228
LeRoy Football 2008 Preview

More, previous year: https://www.leroyfootball.com/2007preview/Preview07.htm
Lost to Class C state champ in playoffs in both of those seasons(Bishop Ludden in 2007 and Southwestern(Jamestown) in 2008).

That same website in its into page used to have pictures of previous teams. The 1919 team picture had black players and in 1950, it’s team captain was black(from another big black family in the Le Roy/Caledonia-Mumford area). So, this is a small town area with a consistent black population that has been there for well over a century.

Another sports reference from Le Roy: https://arkansasrazorbacks.com/roster/rubin-owens/

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Professional reference from and in Avon in Livingston County: Avon Central Schools

Again, I believe that she comes from a family that has lived in the town for decades. Avon is also next/close to the Caledonia-Mumford and Le Roy areas as well.

Interesting enough, the town of Avon actually has a hamlet by the name of Ashantee, which makes me wonder if that is where the black population in the town lived at one time due to the origin of that name.

[ckhthankgod]

A professional reference at SUNY Morrisville in Morrisville, east of Syracuse: https://www.cnybj.com/suny-morrisvil...w-dean-watson/

SUNY Morrisville info: https://nces.ed.gov/globallocator/co....asp?ID=196051
https://www.morrisville.edu/

[ckhthankgod]

Sports reference from West Genesee in Camillus(shout out to New Recruit Media and Vizonary Vizualz):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-weFrWNG_k


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8ESpiuJGtc

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Originally Posted by ckhthankgod

A historical reference from the Sodus Point area of Wayne County, with mentions of places such as Geneva, Lyons, Palmyra and Jordan: https://www.fltimes.com/lifestyle/wa...64777e86c.html

Another historical reference, this time coming from Waterloo and Seneca Falls: https://www.fltimes.com/lifestyle/wa...20cead4c9.html

Another such reference, this time from Albany: Exploring the History of the Black Hudson River Schuylers - Hudson River Maritime Museum
Perhaps this writer, credited as the first black science fiction writer and raised primarily in Syracuse is related to the family above: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Schuyler

Historical sites in Albany: https://www.albany.org/blog/post/4-h...history-month/

This man related to one of the families in the first article grew up in Rochester and was the mayor of Berkeley CA from 1979 to 1986: https://www.embracingelsalvador.org/gus-newport/

A specific article about his family and their roots in Sodus and Rochester: http://historicsoduspoint.com/slaves...ewport-family/

More related historic information from the Sodus area: http://historicsoduspoint.com/histor...plaque-marker/

http://historicsoduspoint.com/slaves...cans-in-sodus/

http://historicsoduspoint.com/slaves.../freedom-hill/

http://historicsoduspoint.com/murals...s-point-mural/

http://historicsoduspoint.com/memori...grant-workers/

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Historical reference from Norwich in Chenango County: https://newyorkhistoryblog.org/2015/...-war-veterans/

https://uncrownedcommunitybuilders.c...bal-molson-esq
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/...ibal-c_-molson

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Originally from Olean: https://egi.utah.edu/about/affiliate...ginal-spiller/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/reginal-...ller-91a70813/
https://www.uncrownedcommunitybuilde...eginal-spiller

His senior year picture from 1970: https://www.classmates.com/siteui/ye...732663?page=38

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An article about a Beekmantown(just outside of Plattsburgh) resident: https://newyorkhistoryblog.org/2019/...on/#more-30581

https://www.adirondackalmanack.com/2...on-part-2.html