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Nov 14, 2017 Biographies

Madeline Scott is a native of Olean, New York, who moved to Buffalo in 1958. She is the daughter of Mrs. Lois Easley, another Uncrowned Queen. Mrs. Scott is a graduate of Empire State College and has ...

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June Williams Hoeflich

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Nov 14, 2017 Biographies

June W. Hoeflich began her banking career at HSBC Bank USA (formerly Marine Midland Bank) as a clerical instructor. From there she went into branch banking at Manufacturers Hanover. She later entered ...

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Louisiana Thomas Hilliard

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Nov 13, 2017 Biographies

Louisiana Hilliard is the first lady of the Humboldt Parkway Baptist Church. She was born in Anniston, Alabama and is the oldest of twelve children. Nine siblings are still living. Her mother was May ...

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Leona Hubbard Butler

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Nov 4, 2017 Biographies

Leona Hubbard Butler was nominated to become an Uncrowned Queen by Dr. Gwen Jarvis, Uncrowned Queen. On Sunday, April 30, 2017 10:00 AM we will be conferring her for her order of continued business wi...

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Arabella Grayson

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Oct 5, 2017 Biographies

A San Francisco/Bay Area native, Arabella Grayson combines her passion for writing and the arts in the touring exhibition "Two Hundred Years of Black Paper Dolls. The exhibition, based on her collecti...

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Shirley Harris Baker

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Sep 18, 2017 Biographies

Shirley Harris Baker is the youngest of ten children born to sharecroppers. Her parents, Andrew and Emma Robinson Harris, lived in Camden, South Carolina. She had eight brothers, Joe, George, Willie L...

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Lanora Glasby Robinson

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Sep 4, 2017 Biographies

Lanora Robinson was a member of an early Buffalo family, who settled in Buffalo in the early to mid- 1800s. She was born on June 4, 1906 in Buffalo, New York. Her parents were Madeline Payne Glasby Mi...

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Pauline Battle

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Aug 20, 2017 Biographies

Ms. Pauline Battle was lauded in the August 16, 1940 edition of the Buffalo (NY) Star Newspaper as Buffalo's first Black graduate nurse. She completed a nurse training course at the Harlem Hospital an...

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Dr. Deidre Waterman

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Aug 18, 2017 Biographies

Pontiac Mayor Deirdre Waterman is a committed public servant with decades of professional expertise, public service and philanthropic endeavors. She was elected mayor by the citizens of Pontiac in 201...

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Ottowa (O.W.) Gurley

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Aug 14, 2017 Biographies

Once proclaimed the wealthiest man in Tulsa, Oklahoma, O.W. Gurley saw his property and his wealth disappear on May 31st - June 1, 1921 in the flames of the Tulsa Race Riot. While the majority of the ...

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Mr. Arthur John Riley

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Aug 13, 2017 Biographies

Mr. Riley was born in Ponds, Mississippi to Louis and Jane Lane Riley. His family moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana where he received his formal education. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II...

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Bessie Lee Smiley Robinson

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Aug 13, 2017 Biographies

Bessie Lee Smiley Robinson was born December 25, 1916 to Bessie Dixon Smiley and Willie Lee Smiley in Town Creek , Alabama . Bessie was the third eldest child of four children that included twin siste...

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