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Uncrowned Queens Institute, Inc. articles and research.

Lifting as We Climb: Origins of the Phyllis Wheatley Club

by Uncrowned Queens Institute, Inc.

Aug 27, 2026

Let me start with a disclosure: Even though I’m a lifelong Buffalonian and I was raised on the East side of Buffalo at a time when the community was cohesive, e.g. segregated, I don’t ever remember he...

The Phyllis Wheatley Club of Buffalo, New York

Uncrowned Queens Digital Oral History Project

by Uncrowned Queens Institute, Inc.

Aug 27, 2026

Peggy Brooks-Bertram (standing to left) and Barbara Seals Nevergold (standing to right) visit Gwendolyn Greene (seated) in her home during an interview for the Uncrowned Queens Digital Oral History Pr...

Uncrowned Queens Oral History Project

Peyton Harris: The Black Man, Who Bought Up (Much of) Grand Island, New York

by Uncrowned Queens Institute, Inc.

Aug 27, 2026

“…a most respectable colored citizen, a man of more than ordinary intelligence, a property holder, one highly respected by white and colored acquaintances and who, besides has served in his native, at...

East Presbyterian (Colored): Buffalo’s Third African American Church – Built on Faith and Perseverance

by Uncrowned Queens Institute, Inc.

Aug 27, 2026

Buffalo’s African American community’s history began when the first non indigenous inhabitants settled in the region. Buffalo was incorporated as a city in 1832, with 10,000 residents, three hundred o...

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