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The Enterprise — Michael Koff

“It was no easy feat” says Beverly Bardequez, president of the Rapp Road Historical Association, describing the journey of African Americans who migrated from Shubuta, Mississippi to Albany. Many of them built their homes, by hand, in the then-vacant Pine Bush land that reminded them of home. Bardequez, the granddaughter of original settlers Leola and Alfred Woodward, spoke about her community on Tuesday. The Rapp Road Historic District was listed among the 2016-17 “Seven to Save” endangered places by the Preservation League of New York State.