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Aug 14, 2011 Biographies

Thomas B. Crawford, son of John and Mable Barnes Crawford was born on November 21, 1903 in Olean, New York. He was the oldest of seven siblings. He was raised in Lancaster, N.Y where his father was a ...

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Kenneth Howard Greene

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Aug 14, 2011 Biographies

Kenneth Howard Greene, a Buffalo native was a prominent jazz musician in the city in the 1950s and 60s. A drummer, he was part of a musical family. His brother James, former husband of jazz singer Dod...

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Charles L. Michaux, Jr.

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Aug 14, 2011 Biographies

Mr. Michaux was a city official who spent 23 years in public service. He was long active in politics and community affairs. He became Buffalo’s first Parking Violations Bureau director in 1974. He ent...

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Norman W. Harper

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Aug 14, 2011 Biographies

Mr. Harper was a lifelong resident of Buffalo. He was a graduate of Seneca High School and served in the US Air Force during the Korean War. He was the first African American to be employed as a tool ...

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Jason Ivey

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Aug 14, 2011 Biographies

Jason Ivy was a professional boxer who trained with Thomas "Hit Man" Hearns and was a contender for the lightweight championship. He was born in Buffalo, NY where he attended St. Nicholas School and B...

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Mrs. Carmen Francine Jones May

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Aug 14, 2011 Biographies

Carmen Francine May Jones was born March 18, 1949 in Olean, New York and moved to Niagara Falls, as a young girl, and attended various schools in Niagara Falls. Carmen owned several businesses through...

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Glendora Johnson Johnson-Cooper

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Aug 14, 2011 Biographies

Glendora Johnson-Cooper is a tenured social sciences librarian in the Arts Sciences Libraries at the University at Buffalo . Ms. Johnson-Cooper earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology (1984...

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James H. White

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Aug 11, 2011 Biographies

James H. White of Buffalo was a pioneering businessman, who founded a real estate company that put people in homes across the East Side. He also formed his own band at the Colored Musicians Club. A na...

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Charlotte Davis McNeal

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Aug 11, 2011 Biographies

Ms. McNeal was born in Buffalo, New York. She was the former Charlotte Davis and attended city schools. She was a graduate of Buffalo State College. She taught in city public schools for more than 30 ...

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Josephine L. Kearney

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Aug 11, 2011 Biographies

Mrs. Josephine Kearney was a longtime teacher in the Buffalo School system. She was born in Lackawanna, NY and graduated from the Fosdick Masten High School. She attended Virginia State College. She w...

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Charley H. Fisher III

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Aug 10, 2011 Biographies

Memory is the storing of information and later recalling the most remembered events. Most people, when recalling the activities of Charley H. Fisher, III, remember him as the City of Buffalo, New York...

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Alphonso Johnson

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Aug 9, 2011 Biographies

Alphonso Johnson served, during World War II, in the Army's first black paratrooper company. Born in Harlem, he joined the Army in 1942 as a cavalryman and then was picked for 555th Paratrooper Compan...

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