Below is a video of a talk given by DeKalb, NY Historian, Bryan Thompson, about the Fry family, Black Pioneers of Gouverneur, New York. September 23, 2021 at the Gouverneur Community Center.

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The Fry family lived in Gouverneur for over 60 years. Who was Flora Fry? - Why was she given a Gerritt Smith land grant when women in New York State would not be able to vote until 1918? - What became of her four children raised in Gouverneur? - Learn about an unrecognized black Civil War veteran from Gouverneur.