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In 1968 Shirley Chisholm became the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress. In 1972 she launched a campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, breaking another political barrier.
MORE →Reflects the personal views, recollections, and perspective of the author, Mike Davis.
This is a personal recollection on the Move fire on May 13, 1985
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This resource is located in Seneca County, New York. Areas of significance include: Architecture; Industry. Architectural classifications include: Dutch Colonial; Colonial Revival; Vernacular; Greek Revival; Romanesque; Romanesque Revival; Gothic; Second Empire; Queen Anne; Victorian; Italianate; Federal; Tudor Revival; Neo-Classical; Gothic Revival; American Foursquare; Folk Victorian; Bungalow . The National Historic Places Register Reference Number is 91000342.
Seneca Falls is a hamlet and census-designated place in Seneca County, New York, United States. The population was 6,681 at the 2010 census. The 2020 census population of Seneca Falls CDP was 6,809. The hamlet is in the Town of Seneca Falls, east of Geneva. It was an incorporated village from 1831 to 2011. Finger Lakes Regional Airport (0G7) is south of the hamlet. Seneca Falls was the site of the Seneca Falls Convention, a foundational event in the Women's Rights Movement. The town is believed by some to have been the inspiration for the fictional town of "Bedford Falls, N.Y." portrayed in filmmaker Frank Capra's classic 1940s film "It's a Wonderful Life".
Seneca Falls is a town in Seneca County, New York, United States. The population was 9,027 at the 2020 census. The Town of Seneca Falls contains the former village also called Seneca Falls. The town is east of Geneva, New York, in the northern part of the Finger Lakes District. Seneca Falls is a historic location along a branch of the Erie Canal and is often association with women's rights in the United States due to the 1848 Seneca Falls convention, which produced the Declaration of Rights and Sentiments. This event was looked back upon by women's rights activists in the later 19th and early 20th centuries as a "birth" or "beginning" of women's rights in the United States. Modern historians such as Lisa Tetrault have cast doubt on that assertion and many key myths, including issues as mundane as the mere presence of Susan B. Anthony. Tetrault and modern scholars still argue the event was nonetheless deeply significant for the attention it garnered among the general American populace. It is also believed to have been the inspiration for the fictional town of "Bedford Falls", portrayed in filmmaker Frank Capra's classic 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life.
Waterloo is a village and primary county seat of Seneca County, New York, United States. The population was 5,171 at the 2010 census and is now the most populated village in Seneca County. The village is named after Waterloo, Belgium, where Napoleon was defeated. It is the primary county seat of Seneca County, with the other being Ovid as part of a two-shire system established in 1822. Most of the county administrative offices are located in the village. Therefore, many political sources only list Waterloo as the county seat. The Village of Waterloo is mostly in the Town of Waterloo, but the part south of the Cayuga-Seneca Canal of the village is in the Town of Fayette and a small area in the southeast of the village is in Town of Seneca Falls. Waterloo is east of Geneva and is located in between the two main Finger Lakes, Seneca Lake and Cayuga Lake.
Seneca Lake is a Finger Lake in central New York state. Spanning four counties—Schuyler, Seneca, Yates, and Ontario—it is the largest of the eleven lake glacial chain, and the deepest glacial lake entirely within the state. Seneca Lake is 38 miles (61 km) long, has a surface area of 66.9 square miles (173 km2), a maximum depth of over 618 feet (188 m), and holds the most water of all the Finger Lakes (estimated at 3.81 cubic miles (15.9 km3), roughly half that of the entire chain). Seneca is celebrated as the lake trout capital of the world and hosts the National Lake Trout Derby. Its significant depth and accessibility enable the US Navy to conduct testing and evaluation of range on equipment such as sonar. The lake takes its name from the Seneca people, who inhabited the land until driven off it by westward colonial expansion. At the north end is the city of Geneva, home of Hobart and William Smith Colleges and the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, a division of Cornell University. At the south end of the lake is the village of Watkins Glen, famed for auto racing (hosting Watkins Glen International racetrack) and waterfalls. Seneca Lake's macroclimate makes it home to over 50 wineries, many of them farm wineries, and is the location of the Seneca Lake AVA and the Seneca Lake wine trail.
This resource is located in Ontario County, New York. Areas of significance include: Architecture; Art; Religion/Philosophy. The National Historic Places Register Reference Number is 73001242.
This resource is located in Onondaga County, New York. Areas of significance include: Architecture; Commerce; Transportation. Architectural classifications include: Greek Revival; Gothic. The National Historic Places Register Reference Number is 73001232.
This resource is located in Yates County, New York. Areas of significance include: Commerce; Education; Architecture. Architectural classifications include: Mid-19th Century; Greek Revival; Gothic Revival; Italian Villa; Late Victorian; Italianate; Eclectic; Vernacular; Early 20th Century; Vernacular; Classical. The National Historic Places Register Reference Number is 07000329.
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Before Central Park was built, a historic black community was destroyed. Help our reporting on hidden histories. Submit a story ...
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Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.
MORE →Brown v. Board of Education in 1954.