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Mar 28, 2023 Biographies

Johnnie M. Mayo is the oldest of seven children. Her family increased by four when cousins were introduced following the loss of her maternal aunt. As a sixteen-year-old high school student, Johnnie b...

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Mary Carter Smith

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Jul 13, 2017 Biographies

Mary Carter Smith was born in Birmingham, Alabama on February 10, 1919 and has resided in Maryland for 60 years. Smith is known nationwide for reviving and promoting storytelling as an art, as a teach...

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Anita Ann Burrell White

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Dec 29, 2012 Biographies

Born Anita Ann Burrell in Birmingham, Alabama, she was valedictorian of the Class of 1957 at DuSable High School in Chicago. She received her bachelorÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s degree in chemistry from Parso...

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Marie E. Mullen

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Sep 17, 2012 Biographies

Marie Mullen is a former millinery and dress designer. She owned the company Just Ree II whose trademark was "Timeless Elegance". She participated in local fund raisers exhibiting her "Exclusive Limit...

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John Edward Tobias

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Aug 14, 2011 Biographies

My Story: My story begins in Alabama. Born into a loving family in the city of Birmingham on October 9, 1917, I was raised by maternal Uncle Charlie Banks, his wife Inez and maternal grandmother Carri...

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Mary Workman

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Aug 14, 2011 Biographies

Born Mary Butler in Birmingham Alabama, she and her family moved to Lackawanna in 1941. In the early 1950s Mrs. Workman was active with Friendship House in Lackawanna and joined with other members of ...

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Aviva Merritt

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Aug 7, 2011 Biographies

While working evenings as a Nursing Aide in 1958, Aviva attended Nursing School and became a Licensed Practical Nurse, thus beginning her career at Buffalo Children's Hospital. At the time, there were...

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Joseph White

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Aug 2, 2011 Biographies

Joseph White was the son of Evelyn Griffin and Joseph Sidney White. He was born on December 28, 1933. He successfully completed his secondary education at Birmingham, Alabama's Immaculata High School ...

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Lexie Freeman Sanders

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Jun 17, 2011 Biographies

Lexie M. Sanders is a native of Birmingham, Alabama. She is the second child of eight children born to W.J. and Gertrude Freeman. Lexie is the wife of the late Kelab Sanders, Jr. and from their union ...

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Juanita Carroll Pitts MD

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Jun 17, 2011 Biographies

Dr. Juanita G. Pitts is a native of Birmingham, Alabama. She graduated from Englewood High School and Wilson Junior College of Chicago. She completed studies at Livingstone College in North Carolina w...

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Edna Bell Gault

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Jun 16, 2011 Biographies

Little did Edna Bell Gault, an Alabama native, know that her life’s work would involve caring for, mentoring and teaching hundreds of children. Born on August 17, 1930, in Birmingham, Alabama to Cecei...

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