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Jul 3, 2017 Biographies

Hazel Cornelia Bryant Van Landingham was born in Quitman, Georgia on August 26, 1923. Her parents were Samuel and Jimmie Manning Bryant. She was the third of four children, Willie Samuel, Turner Benja...

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Bettye Amanda McDaniel Blackman

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Jul 3, 2017 Biographies

Bettye McDaniel Blackman is a former Vice-President and Ferry District member of the Buffalo Board of Education. Throughout her career, Mrs. Blackman has diligently pursued the education of children. ...

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Louise Brown McCoullum

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Jul 3, 2017 Biographies

Louise McCoullum is the daughter of late Robert and Flora Brown. She was born in Florida and moved to Niagara Falls, New York in 1945. A graduate of Niagara Falls High School, Louise continued her edu...

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Willie R. Evans

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Apr 29, 2017 Biographies

Willie R. Evans was born December 1, 1937 in Buffalo, NY. His is the son of James R and Anna York Evans. His wife is Roberta. Willie has six sisters and three brothers. He attended School 17 from 1942...

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Alfred Roosevelt Jarrett

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Mar 3, 2017 Biographies

Alfred R. Jarrett was born in Buffalo on December 11, 1934. He was the son of Roosevelt and Ruth Jarrett. His had one sister, Mildred Jarrett Stallings. Alfred attended Buffalo Public Schools 47 and H...

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Marva Jeane Howell Daniel

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Feb 23, 2017 Biographies

A Buffalo native, Marva Howell Daniel was born on October 8, 1943. She was the daughter of Beatrice and Edward Howell. She attended Buffalo Public Schools, #37 and East High School. She earned a bache...

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Betty Jean Hopkins Mason

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Feb 20, 2017 Biographies

Dr. Betty G. Hopkins Mason graduated from Booker T. Washington High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, May, 1945. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bishop College in Marshall, Texas; a Masters in Supe...

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Verna Thomas Morton

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Feb 14, 2017 Biographies

Mrs. Verna T. Morton was born in Sumter , South Carolina . She has resided in Buffalo New York since the age of three. Mrs. Morton is a graduate of Canisius College and received a Master's of Educatio...

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Jean Ruth Watts Herndon

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Aug 31, 2016 Biographies

A native Buffalonian, Jean (Lou) Ruth Watts Herndon was born in Buffalo on June 24, 1932. She graduated from Fosdick-Masten Park High School in 1950, and from West Virginia State College. She worked a...

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Clyde Wilkins Boddie Murphy

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Aug 23, 2016 Biographies

Clyde Wilkins Boddie Murphy, the daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. Julian Franklin Boddie, was born in Milledgeville, Georgia. She graduated from Eddy High School in Milledgeville then attended West V...

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Parmalier Dejoie Murphy

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Aug 23, 2016 Biographies

Parmalier Dejoie Murphy was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her father was Paul H.V. Dejoie, Jr., an insurance executive and founder of the Unity Insurance Company, one of the first African American i...

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Lamont Williams

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Feb 25, 2015 Biographies

Lamont Williams is the Executive Director of Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection and an expert on youth engagement. Lamont draws on his experience working in education, nonprofits, government, and en...

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