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Annie Nixon Singleton

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Mar 13, 2023 Biographies

There are many well-known and accomplished African Americans buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery. The list is long and impressive. One of the lesser known people is a woman named Annie Singleton, who at th...

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Carrie Hunter Mitchell

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Feb 12, 2019 Biographies

I was born and reared in Montgomery, Alabama—the "Heart of Dixie." Black History was an integral part of our everyday life. At school, we routinely studied the works of Langston Hughes, Paul Lawrence ...

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Josephine Johnson Holmes

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Mar 7, 2018 Biographies

Mrs. Holmes was the daughter of famed minister Rev. Sidney O.B. Johnson and Hannah Barnes Johnson. She was born in Montgomery, Alabama about 1917. She relocated with her family to Buffalo, New York fr...

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Hannah Dee Elizabeth Barnes Johnson

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Mar 4, 2018 Biographies

Mrs. Johnson was a native of Montgomery, Alabama. Her parents were Charles and Caroline Johnson Barnes. Mrs. Johnson was a graduate of Alabama State Teachers School. She met her future husband, Rev. S...

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Jul 13, 2017 Biographies

Ira Lee Tatum was a businesswoman who reached out and used her resources to help others in her community. She was born in Montgomery, Alabama and came to Buffalo with her family at the age of 14. She ...

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Luke Brown

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Aug 4, 2011 Biographies

Luke Brown was a businessman, who owned three taverns. He also worked for the Niagara Frontier Transit Authority. He was born in Montgomery, Alabama and moved to Buffalo as a child with his family. He...

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