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Jun 11, 2024 Biographies

Henry Brimm was a professional boxer who fought such big names as Rocky Graziano, and Bobo Olsen. He boxed Sugar Ray Robinson to a 10 round draw. He was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico. Henry and his fa...

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Edeston Vincent Leslie

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Jun 9, 2024 Biographies

Edeston Vincent Leslie was born on May 26, 1924, in the parish of Westmorland in the Haddo section of Jamaica West Indies. He grew up in the country, born to Iris Malcolm, and was raised where he love...

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Leeland Newton Jones, Jr.

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May 21, 2024 Biographies

The Rev. Leeland Newton Jones Jr. was the first black member of the Buffalo Common Council. The Buffalo native spent the first six or seven years of his life sleeping in the bed of his grandfather, a ...

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Wilbur P. Trammell

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May 20, 2024 Biographies

Wilbur Trammell was the fifth of six childdren born to the Rev. Peter and Mrs. Cleona Chambliss Trammell. The family moved to Buffalo from Michigan in 1928 when Wilbur was 2 years old. Rev. Trammell, ...

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W. Charles Brandy

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May 5, 2024 Biographies

W. Charles Brandy serves as the current Director of Social Studies for the Buffalo Public Schools. Mr. Brandy is a proponent of using local history to help students, think, act, and write like histori...

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Marian Bass

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Apr 25, 2024 Biographies

Marian Bass, a retired Captain of the Buffalo Police Department, was a trailblazer for women in law enforcement. She was Buffalo's first permanent, minority woman officer and the first woman Lieutenan...

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Jesse Edward Nash Jr

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Apr 23, 2024 Biographies

Professor Nash was a life-time resident of Buffalo, New York. He was born on February 22, 1926. He is the only son of Frances Jackson Nash and the Reverend J. Edward Nash, Sr., the venerable pastor of...

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Jesse Wallace Clipper

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Apr 16, 2024 Biographies

Jesse Clipper became a hero and a Buffalo, New York legend as the first African American from the region to die in World War I. Jesse Clipper was born in April 1882 in Salt Lake City, Utah. By the age...

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Ronald Peoples

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Apr 15, 2024 Biographies

Ronald Peoples was born on July 26, 1933. His parents are King and Lula Peoples. Peoples served in the United States Navy for two years and was honorably discharged. He attended the St. Cloud State Co...

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Mary Lee Crosby Chappelle

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Apr 14, 2024 Biographies

Mary Lee Crosby Chappelle was a retired public school teacher of Special Education. She retired from teaching in 1975 after 32 years in the classroom. In her illustrious career, she was Dean Emeritus,...

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William H. Henderson

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Apr 13, 2024 Biographies

"Progress without pain is not possible." - Bishop Henderson Bishop William H. Henderson was a faithful man of God who lived his life with conviction and purpose. He was a man willing to lay down his l...

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Sharon Jordan Holley

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Apr 12, 2024 Biographies

Sharon Jordan Holley is a native of High Springs, Florida. She and her husband Kenneth have three daughters and five grandchildren. She is a graduate of Santa Fe Community College in Gainesville, Flor...

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