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Apr 3, 2018 Biographies

Moses S. Day was born in Buffalo, New York in December 1844. His father and mother, Jonathan and Louise Diske Day were born in Maryland and Pennsylvania respectively. Moses married Mary Smith in 1869 ...

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Robert A. Burrell

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Apr 2, 2018 Biographies

Robert A. Burrell was born on January 18, 1906 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. His parents, Lewis Lloyd Burrell and Carrie Pinkett Burrell were natives of Virginia, Berryville and Luray, respectively. B...

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Hulit Merriweather Curry

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Mar 30, 2018 Biographies

Hulit Merriweather Curry was the daughter of Frank, Sr. and Carmelita Merriweather, founders of the Buffalo Criterion Press and Newspaper. She was the sister of the late Frank E., Jr. and Thrya Merriw...

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Robert S. Curry

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Mar 30, 2018 Biographies

Robert S. Curry was a featured soloist in the Westminster Presbyterian Church choir. He was born in Lancaster, SC and came to Buffalo as a child with his family. He met his wife the former Hulit Merri...

Lancaster SC United States

Joseph W. Hall

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Mar 7, 2018 Biographies

Hall was born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1908. His parents, Omri and Willie May Hall, moved the family to Buffalo in 1919. By 1925, Hall was well known as a boxer. He won the welterweight championship o...

Memphis Other TN United States

Tommie Babbs

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Mar 7, 2018 Biographies

Rev. Tommie Babbs comes to us from Buffalo New York via Vero Beach, Florida. Born in Wrightsville, Georgia his parents moved to Florida when he was six months old. He grew up in New Prospect Missionar...

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Mary Craig

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Mar 7, 2018 Biographies

She is an actress, historian and an advocate for health in the African American community. She works tirelessly to remain active in her community. She is Mary Craig, one of the many "Uncrowned Queens"...

Josephine Johnson Holmes

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Mar 7, 2018 Biographies

Mrs. Holmes was the daughter of famed minister Rev. Sidney O.B. Johnson and Hannah Barnes Johnson. She was born in Montgomery, Alabama about 1917. She relocated with her family to Buffalo, New York fr...

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Charles Thunderboldt Smith

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Mar 6, 2018 Biographies

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Joyce Lewis Allen

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Mar 6, 2018 Biographies

Ms. Allen was the founder and executive director of the Black History Foundation of Buffalo and Erie County for 27 years. She was also active in the NAACP. Her husband was Rev Adolphus Allen the Pasto...

Lackwanna NY United States

Sidney O. B. Johnson

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Mar 4, 2018 Biographies

Rev. Johnson came to Buffalo from Meridian Mississippi, where he had been very active in community life. He was a native of Greensboro, Alabama. His parents were Horace and Josephine Bell Johnson. He ...

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Grace Claiborn Johnson Goodwyn

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Mar 4, 2018 Biographies

I learned about Grace Claiborne Johnson a week ago and I am still reeling from what I heard. Over the past eight years, my colleague and I have uncovered Uncrowned Queens in myriad places. On Thursday...