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Mar 6, 2019 Biographies

Doris W. Jones was described by those who knew and loved her as ".a strong voice, tenacious fighter and compassionate conscience for tenants and tenants rights in the Niagara Falls community, even in ...

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Priscilla Green Hill

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Feb 21, 2019 Biographies

Priscilla Hill was born Priscilla Yvonne Green to Richard and Eloise, in Attalla, Alabama in 1942, in her grandmother's wrought iron bed on February 14th, Valentine's Day. She came to Buffalo during o...

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Priscilla Green Parker-Hill

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Feb 19, 2019 Biographies

Priscilla Parker was born Priscilla Yvonne Green to Richard and Eloise, in Attalla, Alabama in 1942, in her grandmother's wrought iron bed. She came to Buffalo during one of the Black Migration of col...

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Mrs. ESSIE LEE HUNLEY JACKSON

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Feb 19, 2019 Biographies

ESSIE MIGRATED TO BUFFALO NY IN 1947 FROM DEATSVILLE AL. SHE WOULD SHARE 70 YEARS OF MARRIAGE WITH CURIE JACKSON . THIS UNION BROUGHT THEM 11 CHILDREN. ESSIE WAS A FAITHFUL WIFE,MOTHER,SISTER,GRANDMOT...

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Carrie Hunter Mitchell

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Feb 12, 2019 Biographies

I was born and reared in Montgomery, Alabama—the "Heart of Dixie." Black History was an integral part of our everyday life. At school, we routinely studied the works of Langston Hughes, Paul Lawrence ...

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Mary Ruth Davis

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Feb 11, 2019 Biographies

Although born in Luverne, Alabama, Mary Ruth has lived in the City of Niagara Falls, NY all of her life. She is the daughter of the late Lila Ruth (Cauley) Davis and the late Sam Davis, Jr. She attend...

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Ora B. Felts

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Feb 11, 2019 Biographies

Ora was born March 1, 1927 in Repton, Alabama, the daughter of the late James and Caroline (Lindsey) Felts. Ora was Valedictorian of Bethlehem Industrial Academy. She earned a Bachelor of Science degr...

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William Godfrey

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Sep 2, 2018 Biographies

William Godfrey was a retired Erie County worker and neighborhood leader. He was born in Pratt City, Alabama and moved to Buffalo, NY as a child. Mr. Godfrey was a machinist at Houdaille Industries an...

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Karen Stanley Fleming

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Aug 8, 2018 Biographies

Karen Stanley Fleming is the owner and Managing Consultant for Key Success Factors Consulting in Buffalo, which provides strategic planning and fund development services for non-profit agencies as wel...

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Calvin Kimbrough

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Jul 13, 2018 Biographies

A native of Parkshill, Alabama, Calvin Kimbrough relocated to Buffalo, New York as a young man. His parents were Isham and Minnie Robinson Kimbrough. While in his teens he worked as a photographer and...

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Ethel Mae Lacey Pye

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Apr 10, 2018 Biographies

Ethel Lacey Pye was born in Leeds, Alabama. According to her family she was a member of an enterprising family and at 12 years old started selling peanuts at her mother's barbershop. She also helped t...

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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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