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Jan 8, 2019 Biographies

Richard was a native of Buffalo, New York. He was the son of Richard Sr. and Mrs. Jolley. His father was one of the first African Americans to hold a job as a customs officer. Richard was a gradate of...

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Leroy Raymond Coles Jr.

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Dec 18, 2018 Biographies

Leroy Raymond Coles, Jr., born to a loving family in Buffalo, New York died on March 25, 2015. He was educated in the public schools of Buffalo and became an influential leader in that community. Lero...

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Robert Trayham Coles

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Dec 10, 2018 Biographies

Robert Traynham Coles is a native of Buffalo, New York, who was born on August 24, 1929. Robert was one of four sons born to George Edward and Helena Vesta Traynham Coles. Coles attended Buffalo Publi...

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Karima Aiken Amin

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Dec 5, 2018 Biographies

Native Buffalonian, Karima Amin (nee Carol Ann Aiken), is a dedicated educator, educational consultant, published author, community activist, and full-time professional storyteller. She was born on Ju...

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Dec 3, 2018 Biographies

Alice Roosevelt Seals was a native of Bayou Rapides, a rural community near Alexandria, Louisiana. She was born on March 25, 1912 but there was some confusion about her birthdate and she listed 1909 a...

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Kelly Diane Galloway

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Nov 28, 2018 Biographies

Kelly Diane is the founder and president of Ramp Global Missions, a Christian Humanitarian organization that is qualified and equip to meet the needs of the broken, impoverished, exploited and hurt ar...

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Judge John Divine Carr

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Nov 27, 2018 Biographies

While commonly addressed as "Judge" Carr we have found no information that explains how Mr. Carr received this title but throughout his history he is accorded this title and so we will do so as well. ...

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Larry Lanier Bonds

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Nov 20, 2018 Biographies

Larry Lanier Bonds was born and raised in Ripley, Tennessee in 1951. Throughout his childhood, he was a devoted member of his church, and soon became a member of the usher board. After graduating high...

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Mamie Lang Kirkland

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Nov 6, 2018 Biographies

Mamie Kirkland is a super centenarian, and at the age 110 years is Buffalo's oldest citizen. Mrs. Kirkland was born on September 3, 1908 in Ellisville, Mississippi. She moved to Buffalo, New York when...

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Juanita Kirkland Hunter

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Nov 5, 2018 Biographies

Juanita Kirkland Hunter is a graduate of Buffalo's Hutchinson Central High School. She wanted to attend college. "I grew up in a family of five girls," she said, "and it wasn't a time when we were enc...

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Ora Lee McQuiller Lewis Delgado Khalid

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Nov 2, 2018 Biographies

Ora-Lee was one of thirteen children (nine boys and four girls) born to William McQuiller and Essie Hogan in Port Huron, Michigan. She earned a business diploma from Lackawanna High School and an Asso...

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Samuel Dunlap

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Oct 17, 2018 Biographies

SAMUEL DUNLAP WAS BORN IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS JULY 8, 1895 AND WAS RAISED IN BENTON HARBOR, MICHIGAN BY HIS MOTHER MELISSA AND STEP FATHER REVEREND MOSES EASLEY. HIS NATURAL FATHERS NAME WAS SAMUEL DUNL...

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