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Apr 2, 2017 Biographies

Born in GHANA West Africa, Dr Augustine Ebun Diji relocated to the United States in 1969. He received his BS Degree in his homeland of GHANA in physics and was admitted to the Queens University in Bel...

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Ethel Lane Dove Prather

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Aug 31, 2016 Biographies

Ethel Lane Pratcher was born April 8, 1927 to Rosetta and Fitzroy Dove in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. She had three siblings, Fitzroy, Geneva Lucas and Placid Jean Parker (also an Uncrowned Community Bui...

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W. Yerby Jones MD

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Aug 28, 2016 Biographies

W. Yerby Jones was born in Memphis, TN on February 19, 1904. He moved to Buffalo, NY as a teenager with his family. His mother was a teacher in the Buffalo School system and his father was a teamster....

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Rita Hubbard Robinson

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Feb 25, 2016 Biographies

We are updating Ms. Hubbard-Robinson's biography, but have retained the original bio that she submitted in 2002. The purpose of this historic archive is to document the histories of community builders...

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Connie Robinson Williams Spentz

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Nov 28, 2015 Biographies

Connie Spentz was born March 19, 1947 in Coalwood, West Virginia to Eddie although she considered Willie Williams to be her true fatherÂ and Connie Mae Robinson. Connie came to Buffalo with her famil...

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Fern E. Jackson Beavers

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Feb 14, 2015 Biographies

Mother, nurse, teacher, writer, researcher, trailblazer and advocate, all describe the endless energy, creativity, commitment and dedication that Fern E. Jackson Beavers has brought to the word "servi...

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Isaiah Meggett MD

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Jun 24, 2014 Biographies

Dr. Isaiah Meggett was a physician who practiced family medicine in Buffalo area hospitals. He was involved in initiating and supporting numerous community-based health care programs. He was born in E...

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Dr. Emerson Reid MD

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Feb 5, 2014 Biographies

Emerson Reid is a Fellow of the American College of OB-GYN and is a Board Certified Obstetrician and Gynecologist. He specializes in General Obstetrics and Gynecology, Infertility, and provides Genera...

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Douglas E. Noles

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Jun 9, 2013 Biographies

Douglas E. Noles was born on September 7, 1916 in Montrose, Georgia. His parents were Errie and Jack Noles. Douglas father died when he was a young boy and his mother moved to Buffalo, New York shortl...

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Benjamin Franklin Bullock Jr. DDS

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Mar 3, 2013 Biographies

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Dr. Charles David Bull, II MD

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Mar 3, 2013 Biographies

Dr. Charles D. Bull was a graduate of the 1940 class at Lincoln University. At Lincoln, he was a biology major. He was also a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. He served as the sports editor of th...

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Bertha Iona Skinner Laury

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Apr 4, 2012 Biographies

The former Bertha Skinner was born in New York City. She was the second of two children of Sarah Catherine Banks and William Augustus Skinner, Sr. She was a graduate of New York City Public schools. M...

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