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Dec 15, 2011 Biographies

Vinson Lee Grace was affectionately known as "Jackie", "Vinnie", "Sensei" and "Granddad". He was born on October 23, 1950 in Syracuse, New York to Columbus Grace and Addie Grace-Ford. He was preceded ...

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James T. Hemphill, Sr.

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Dec 7, 2011 Biographies

Rev. James T. Hemphill Sr. was a pastor, civil rights leader and city school teacher. He was a Buffalo native and attended Buffalo Public Schools. He attended Livingston College and Hood Theological S...

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Yolanda Lawson Brunson-Sarrabo

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Dec 6, 2011 Biographies

Yolanda is a true Entrepreneur, Author, Editor and President of Spitfir Productions. Yolanda was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York and is the eldest child of Mrs. Eartha M. Lawson. She was raised ...

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Arthur Sayres Anderson, Sr.

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Dec 4, 2011 Biographies

A native of Buffalo, New York, Mr. Anderson was a member of one of the oldest African American families, who could trace their settlement in the region to the 1830s. His parents were James T. and Ora ...

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Barry L. Robinson

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Nov 28, 2011 Biographies

Barry Robinson was a former two-term Erie County Legislator and a Vietnam veteran. He was born in White Plains, NY and the family moved to Buffalo when he was an infant. He attended public schools and...

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Donald Rice

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Oct 21, 2011 Biographies

Donald Rice, a Buffalo native, was a 30-year member of the Buffalo Police Department He was one of eight children and as a young man, attended School 47 and Hutchinson Central-Technical High School. H...

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David Lorimer Echols

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Oct 16, 2011 Biographies

David Lorimer Echols was the second child of Elijah and Kenvel Jones Echols. He was born on October 30, 1937 in Buffalo, New York. He attended the Buffalo Public Schools. He was a graduate of the Univ...

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Ina Doss Chapman

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Sep 15, 2011 Biographies

This biography appears in Uncrowned Queens, Volume II. Ina Rebecca Doss Chapman was born in Buffalo, New York and attended Buffalo Public schools. She is the youngest of six siblings born to Elizabeth...

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Archie L. Hunter

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Aug 29, 2011 Biographies

Archie L. Hunter was a longtime civic leader, educator and community activist. He was a Buffalo native. He was a graduate of School 32, Hutchinson Central High School and the University at Buffalo. He...

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Dodo Dorothea Hawkins Greene

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Aug 24, 2011 Biographies

Her birth name is Dorthea Hawkins, but she has been known as Dodo since she was a teenager. A Buffalo native, Dorthea "Dodo" Greene began singing at age 7 or 8 when she was chosen for recurrent appear...

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Ossian V. Williams

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Aug 15, 2011 Biographies

Ossian Williams was the son of a pioneer African American family that settled in Grand Island, New York in the late 1800s. He graduated from School 9 in Grand Island. In 1936 he graduated from Seneca ...

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George C. Anderson

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Aug 15, 2011 Biographies

A member of one of the oldest Black families in Buffalo, Anderson could trace his family history back to 1832. He was the first African American employed by the United States Postal Service in Buffalo...

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