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Ollie Murphy Smitherman

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Sep 2, 2024 Biographies

Ollie M. Smitherman was the daughter of Reuben and Nellie Murphy of Servier, County Arkansas. Reuben was the son of Gideon Henry Murphy and Deliah. Gideon was documented in the will of Captain John Ha...

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Zenobia A. Alexander

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Aug 29, 2023 Biographies

Zenobia Alexander was one of a handful of Black journalists who worked in Buffalo in the early 20th century. A native of Fordyca, Arkansas and a World War I veteran, Alexander moved to Buffalo followi...

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May 22, 2018 Biographies

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Jesse L. Taylor

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Feb 20, 2018 Biographies

Jesse Taylor is a little known but pivotal leader in the social justice movement of the 1930s, 40s and 50s. He was a native of Little Rock, Arkansas, the son of Charles and Fanny Hughes Taylor. In the...

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Christine Harris Byrd

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Jun 16, 2011 Biographies

Christine Harris Byrd was born on April 5, 1954 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Her mother is Freddie Mae Sims and she has eight siblings, Thelma, Samuel, Cornelius, Patricia, Charles, William, Jerry and Ste...

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Lene Ford Dubois

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Jun 16, 2011 Biographies

Everything that happened to me that was good, God did it!" In the words of this gospel song, she describes her life. If you ask her about her life, she would tell you that it's been good, and it's all...

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