Frederick Douglass Draws Crowd in Syracuse Speech
Frederick Douglass, famed abolitionist and author, drew a large crowd in Fayette Park Syracuse during a 1843 speech. His Rochester years included publishing the North Star and 25-year residence, with word of his appearance prompting hundreds to gather for the afternoon event.
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CNN
First Lady Hillary Clinton to Speak at Syracuse University
Hillary Rodham Clinton will visit Syracuse University on February 9 as a guest of the College Democrats to discuss education policy at Schine Student Center. Tickets are free to SU students and available beginning at noon Saturday at the Schine Box Office.
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Court probes staff perjury case amid dropped charges
In Onondaga County a probe centers on whether prosecutor staff lied under oath in a perjury and fraud matter. Judge Fitzpatrick weighs tape evidence that challenges testimony by Engel and McCarthy as defense claims missteps and improper disclosures surface from the Seymour encounter.
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Clay
Seymour
Gosier
Ten year old Rick Buck uses humor to fight cancer inspiring joke book
Rick Buck a 10 year old at Onondaga Hill Middle School with a brain tumor has told jokes since age three to ease his treatments. His classmates helped publish a joke collection with three jokes each to aid peers facing cancer. Rick sits with teachers and doctors as his laughter eases fear and pain during surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation at University Hospital's Center for Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders under Dr. Ronald Dubowy.
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Center For Children’s Cancer
Pioneer Doctor Sarah Loguen Fraser Honored This Month
History marks Black History Month with a Syracuse tribute to Sarah Loguen Fraser MD born 1850, among the nation’s first African American women physicians. The city plans a street dedication and reveals early sketches from the abolition era connected to Jermain Wesley Loguen.
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Pioneer Sarah Loguen Fraser Memorial and Blackwell Portrait
A ceremony dedicates Sarah Loguen Fraser Street at 7 30 am in the Upstate Medical University Campus Activities Building lobby. A portrait unveiling is set for noon Feb 9 in Weiskollen Hall 766 Irving Ave with Dr Saundra Reyes giving the keynote. Elizabeth Blackwell, America’s first female doctor, graduated from Geneva Medical College in 1849 before it joined SU in 1870. Fraser, who died in 1933 in Washington, D C, was rediscovered at Syracuse Medical College two years ago by Ene Luit and noted in health sciences archives.
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Upstate Medical University
Elizabeth Blackwell Steer
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Syracuse
America
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Geneva Medical College
Sarah Fraser
Washington, D.C
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Rival church arson case linked to Utica bishop
Federal prosecutors say evidence shows Bishop Calvin Ashley Jr ordered members to burn a rival church in 1995 97 blaze at Be Lievers Miracle Deliverance Church. Two Utica men, Joseph Brown and Jimmy Jackson, go on trial in Syracuse on charges of conspiring to commit arson.
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