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May 3, 2025 Biographies

Frank Elliott Merriweather Jr. was publisher of the Buffalo Criterion, the oldest African American weekly newspaper in upstate New York. Merriweather and the Criterion, founded by his father Frank E. ...

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Mary J. Snell Davis

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Aug 13, 2024 Biographies

Mary Snell Davis was the loving daughter of Howard and Ruth Snell. She had two siblings, Margaret and Howard Snell Jr. Mary was married to the late Shirley L. Davis. She was a devoted mother to daught...

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Sheila L. Brown

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Apr 11, 2024 Biographies

Sheila L. Brown Sheila L. Brown, Manager and Principal Owner of Visions Multi-Media Group, LLC, is a visionary leader and a history-making business executive. Brown fulfilled her longtime dream of own...

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Carolyne Scott Blount

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Jan 25, 2024 Biographies

Personal: Born in Richmond, Virginia in 1943 to parents who were educators. Reared in the rural town of Ruthville in Charles City County, VA. Married to James M. Blount, parents of three children; Jam...

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Zenobia A. Alexander

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Aug 29, 2023 Biographies

Zenobia Alexander was one of a handful of Black journalists who worked in Buffalo in the early 20th century. A native of Fordyca, Arkansas and a World War I veteran, Alexander moved to Buffalo followi...

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Edward William Crosby Jr.

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May 18, 2022 Biographies

Edward was the son of Edward William Crosby, Sr. and Julia Brown Crosby. He was 62 years old at the time of his death. He was born on May 10,1850. According to the 1855 New York State Census, Edward i...

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M. Jean Hill

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Sep 19, 2020 Biographies

M. Jean Hill was a native of Newark, New Jersey. She was the daughter of P. Calvin and Earnestine Hill and had three siblings. She grew up in Ellaville, Georgia. Prior to joining M, Ms. Hill was a new...

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James H. Lyons

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Mar 22, 2020 Biographies

James H. Lyons was a lifelong Buffalo resident and a leader in black community affairs. He was Buffalo's first black disc jockey. He was widely known in the late 1950s and 60s for conducting his own s...

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Judge John Divine Carr

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Nov 27, 2018 Biographies

While commonly addressed as "Judge" Carr we have found no information that explains how Mr. Carr received this title but throughout his history he is accorded this title and so we will do so as well. ...

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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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Frank Elliott Merriweather Sr.

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Feb 3, 2018 Biographies

Frank Elliott Merriweather Sr. was born in San Antonio, Texas. Mr. Merriweather graduated from Tuskegee Institute in 1910 where he earned degrees in journalism and print operations. He and Carmelita M...

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Andrew Jackson Smitherman

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Aug 3, 2017 Biographies

Andrew Jackson Smitherman, publisher of the Tulsa Star at the time of the Tulsa "Race Riot" of 1921, epitomized Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s definition of a principled man. King wrote, "The ultimate m...

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