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Theresa Anderson Evans

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Apr 15, 2021 Biographies

Born in New York City, Theresa G. Evans came to Buffalo in 1908 with her parents, Mack Gordon Anderson and Bettie Spencer Anderson, and her two brothers. Her father established the Manhattan Hotel on ...

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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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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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Emma Frances Stewart Bullock

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Jul 26, 2011 Biographies

Emma Frances Stewart Bullock was born in New York City, but grew up in Baltimore and Cleveland. Her parents were Calvin and Amy Stewart. She graduated of John Adams High School in Cleveland in 1935. S...

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Audre Lorde

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Jun 16, 2011 Biographies

Uncrowned Queens thanks the New York State Writer's Institute for permission to reprint the biography and selected works of Audre Lorde on this Web site. Audre Lorde, poet, essayist, novelist and teac...

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Michael A. Battle

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Jun 14, 2011 Biographies

A native of New York City, Michael A. Battle was born on October 15, 1955. Battle is a 1976 graduate of Ithaca College where he earned a B.A. degree, cum laude. He entered the State University of New ...

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