Selma to Syracuse rally spotlights housing and schools
In Syracuse on May 5, 1965, about 400 people greeted two Black freedom riders from Selma as they arrived by chartered bus. They joined a seven block march with 230 locals to Clinton Square where James Farmer spoke. The event followed protests at Niagara Mohawk and led to talks on hiring practices after five of 1500 employees were Black in 1995.
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Ala
Syracuse
Niagara Mohawk
Clinton Square
James Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
Commission On Human Rights
Jearn
Urban League
Martin Luther King Jr
Spike Lee
Weather cancels Syracuse school events and celebration
Severe weather forced school closings in Syracuse and canceled National African American Parent Involvement Day activities. A planned OnCenter celebration for this evening is also canceled and will be rescheduled. Organizers and Air Syracuse parents were invited to visit their children at school today.
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Syracuse
Air Syracuse
Central New York supporters meet presidential candidate McCain
Two McCain backers from Syracuse and Cortland, Vietnam veterans Thomas Brett and Anthony Bonatti, finally met John McCain at a Grand Hyatt luncheon in New York City. Brett and Bonatti, long active in his campaign in the region, exchanged a few minutes with the candidate.
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John
Police say man spent cash he claimed was taken
Syracuse police charged Ferin G. Martinez 29 of 208 W Colvin St with falsely reporting an incident Sunday morning. Martinez said he was abducted and robbed by three gunmen in the 100 block of McKinley Avenue but later admitted he spent his money and traded his car for crack cocaine.
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Ferin G. Martinez
W. Colvin St
Martinez
McKinley Avenue
Camillus Seniors Complex Meeting Aims to Address Concerns
Camillus residents will attend an informational meeting at the Camillus Municipal Building 4600 W Genesee St at 7 p m Tuesday to learn about a proposed senior citizens apartment complex near Medical Center West in the 5700 block of West Genesee Street Orchard Village residents express drainage and traffic worries.
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Senior Citizens’ Complex
Camillus
Senior Citizens
Medical Center West
Genesee Street
Camillus Municipal
Genesee St
Orchard Village
Second chance romance blooms at Peace Inc wedding
Justina Wall, 66, plans a Valentine's Day wedding with fianc . Angela Bell, a ceramic teacher and widower who uses a cane, proposed after a long courtship at the Northeast Community Center in Solvay. Their story unfolds amid center friends and shared memories with their mixed brood and grandchild Angelo.
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Justina Wall
Angela Bell
Justina
Peace Inc
Northeast Community Center
Hawley Avenue
Solvay
Angela
Booth
Shirley Brower
Angelo
Stella
Stsit
Progrep
Angelo Bell
Northeast
Syracuse
Wake up call at Syracuse church prompts police accountability call
About 1,200 people from nearly 80 faith groups and communities gathered at South Presbyterian Church to press Mayor Bernardi and city leaders on police conduct in nonwhite neighborhoods. Clergy formed Faith Community Called to Action after a Feb 4 City Court incident, seeking equal justice and accountability from police.
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Syracuse
South Presbyterian Church
Roy Bernardi
Sherman Dunmore
Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance
Dunmore
To Action
City Court
James Mul
Bernardi
John Farge
Gary Watts
People’s Ame Zion Church
Refugee families to arrive in Syracuse Thursday
Catholic Charities refugee program plans to welcome two Congolese Tutsi families to Syracuse at 12 14 p m with help from local churches. Volunteers ready apartments and meals as nationwide resettlement of 466 Congolese refugees continues. Donations and church fundraisers support housing essentials and children's gifts.
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Catholic Charities
Rutogaramas
Hakiramanas
Syracuse Hancock International
Kip Hargrave
Hargrave
United States
Southeast Gateway Project revival stalled in Syracuse plan
Residents on Syracuse's southeast side pushed a 12 acre revitalization plan including restaurants housing an African American museum a Magic Johnson theater and a shopping district. HUD funded 370000 to hire a consultant with meetings at Central Village Youth Center to organize a leadership group and advance development amid aging housing and vacant lots.
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Southeast Gateway Project
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Conrail
Salina Street
Vivian Teal Howard
Dunbar Center
Syracuse Housing Authority
Burt Street
Seisciol
Syracuse Industrial Development Agency
Eagan Real Estate
Fernando Ortiz
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Marguerite Ringwood
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Coor
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