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Feb 11, 2019 Biographies

Rosalind Boling was the first of sixteen children born to the late Zorie Bell (Mosley) Boling and Floyd Boling Sr. Born on May 20, 1941 in Niagara Falls, New York, she graduated from Niagara Falls Hig...

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Henry Harrison Lewis Jr.

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Feb 11, 2019 Biographies

Henry Harrison Lewis, Jr. was a native of Buffalo was born circa June 1862. During the 1901 Pan American Exposition, Lewis was appointed to the Committee of Comfort. The Committee was created by the B...

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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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Alicia Hayes

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Feb 11, 2019 Biographies

Alice Hayes came to Niagara Falls in 1935 with her husband, Dr. Charles B. Hayes, who died in 1961. Dr. Hayes was the city's first black physician. The couple had one child, E. Marie Hayes-Davis. A na...

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Shirley Hamilton

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Feb 11, 2019 Biographies

Shirley J. Hamilton was born and raised in Niagara Falls, NY. She is the first of two children born to the late James and Mary Hamilton. Upon graduation from Niagara Falls High School, she attended th...

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Thelma Nixon Griffin

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Feb 11, 2019 Biographies

Thelma Griffin was born in Hamilton, Ohio on April 9, 1902 to Annie (Watson) Nixon and Alfred Nixon. She attended the public schools of Hamilton, and graduated from Hamilton High School in June 1920. ...

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Carolyn Betty Woods Daughtry

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Jan 27, 2019 Biographies

Carolyn Betty Woods was born in Lynchburg, Virginia on January 12, 1923. She is the daughter of Reverend Doctor Robert Clisson and Nellie Hunter Woods. She was baptized by her father and was a life-lo...

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Velma Peigne Holt

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Jan 26, 2019 Biographies

It has been a wonder journey in the life of Velma Marie Peigne Stanford Holt. Born in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, Velma left there as a young bride and moved to Akron, Ohio. There she and her first husband, N...

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Robert Franklin

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Jan 9, 2019 Biographies

Robert Franklin was a free African American of advanced age living in a log cabin with his family on Niagara Street, near present-day Columbus Parkway. At the time, the location was within the boundar...

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Leroy Raymond Coles Jr.

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Dec 18, 2018 Biographies

Leroy Raymond Coles, Jr., born to a loving family in Buffalo, New York died on March 25, 2015. He was educated in the public schools of Buffalo and became an influential leader in that community. Lero...

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Dec 3, 2018 Biographies

Alice Roosevelt Seals was a native of Bayou Rapides, a rural community near Alexandria, Louisiana. She was born on March 25, 1912 but there was some confusion about her birthdate and she listed 1909 a...

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Larry Lanier Bonds

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Nov 20, 2018 Biographies

Larry Lanier Bonds was born and raised in Ripley, Tennessee in 1951. Throughout his childhood, he was a devoted member of his church, and soon became a member of the usher board. After graduating high...

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