smaller Upstate NY cities and towns/African American communities

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Given that the product has been removed, here is an Aunt Jemima/Syracuse connection: https://www.google.com/amp/s/cnycent...-the-character

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.syr...outputType=amp

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An reticle about an about a historical documentary based in Ithaca...

Local history comes alive in "Civil Warriors": https://www.tompkinsweekly.com/stori...l-warriors,370

https://www.civilwarriorsmovie.com/

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Syracuse's failure to immortalize women's athletes has attention of Felisha Legette-Jack: https://cnycentral.com/sports/orange...a-legette-jack

OG's Against Violence march in Syracuse against recent community violence: https://cnycentral.com/news/local/og...unity-violence

Where are they now?: Mike Hart: https://www.localsyr.com/sports/athl...now-mike-hart/

UTICA'S KIESEL SIGNS TO CONTINUE PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL CAREER IN HUNGARY: https://www.wktv.com/content/news/Ut...571382791.html

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A sports reference from that attended Monroe-Woodbury in Orange County: https://gofrogs.com/sports/football/...ct-brafi/11284

A recent article that he was a part of and includes dialogue within the Monroe-Woodbury and Valley Central SD’s: https://www.recordonline.com/story/n...&utm_term=hero

Juneteenth gathering in Middletown: https://www.recordonline.com/picture...01/?gnt-mobile

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A sports reference in regards to the state championship team at Geneva in 2006: https://www.fltimes.com/sports/sport...aa798626c.html

That year, they beat an Albany Academy team led by this current NFL running back: https://www.nfl.com/players/dion-lewis/

Here is an update and sports Hall of Fame reference in regards to one of Geneva’s top players that year: http://www.genevasportshof.org/bio.p...Fowler%20Brian

Another player from that Geneva team, that actually spent some time in the NFL and CFL(a big family in the area): http://www.genevasportshof.org/bio.p...llins%20Jasper

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Ithaca College Promoting African American Professor Becomes Historic: https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/ce...lack-professor

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Here is an article in the Certify CNY publication based in Syracuse about the first black owned dental laboratory in the US: https://issuu.com/diversifynewyork/d...eview_2020__4_

The publication is connected to MWBE’s in the area. Here is a directory of such businesses in the area and NY State(at the bottom): City of Syracuse

A connected organization in the Syracuse area: https://www.upstatemea.com/

Opportunity Zones in the city, which are in largely black(South and East Sides), Hispanic(West Side) and refugee/diverse(North Side) areas(with some crossover in each area): City of Syracuse

The most recent publication(May/June): https://issuu.com/diversifynewyork/d...on_preview__3_

Also, here is a sports reference from Unatego that previously attended Deposit Schools and will go to Boston University in the Fall: https://www.thedailystar.com/sports/...4a0d9c3fd.html

Unatego is a small SD just outside of Oneonta off of I-88(UNAdilla and oTEGO are the Central communities) and he was a state small school champ in the long jump last year.

A historic/older sports reference from Tupper Lake in 1990: https://www.pressrepublican.com/spor...224c0e0ad.html

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A professional/engineer reference in the Syracuse area(second/bottom video): Behind the Woman | WCNY

While born in TN, this writer/poet grew up in Buffalo, where he graduated from East HS in 1956 and attended UB: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishmael_Reed

Another writer/poet that was born in Depew and graduated from Fosdick-Masten(now City Honors) and graduated from SUNY Fredonia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucille_Clifton

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Business/professional references from Buffalo(snippet): https://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/..._news_headline
https://www.spatched.com/

Albany(snippet): https://www.bizjournals.com/albany/n..._news_headline
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/ca...vid-brown-ymca

Rochester: https://rbj.net/2020/06/24/mt-bank-corp-2/

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Sports reference from Carthage(Jefferson County/Watertown area): https://www.wwnytv.com/2020/06/25/re...ague-bows-out/

Former Liverpool star Charles Pride looks for another big year in college hoops(a SD covering a portion of the northern suburbs of Syracuse): https://cnycentral.com/sports/colleg...-college-hoops