Thursday, February 20, 2014
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Syracuse With a Terrible Loss
62-59 to Boston College
The FCC Wants to Put Cameras in Newsrooms...
February is Black History Month and it might surprise you to find out that many of the people who don't like the celebration of Black History in America designated to an entire month like February, just so happen to be African-American.
It began in 1925 as 'Black History Week' and was later extended to the entire month of February by proclamation of President Gerald Ford in 1974...
Utica, NY (WIBX) - Over the weekend the Oneida County Historical Society in partnership with the Oneida County Freedom Trail Commission, held a research presentation that uncovered that a home in New Hartford was an official stop on The Underground Railroad.
If you are the parent of a school-age child you know the month of February means its time for a Black History Month project. While many students may choose to profile the life of those fallback figures that everyone already knows about, consider teaching your child about these African American pioneers
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Utica, NY (WIBX) - The Oneida County NAACP is announcing two community events this weekend to celebrate the joys of diversity and educate people about local black history.