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Aug 8, 2011 Biographies

Marnetta A. Malcolm is a native of Buffalo, New York. She is the daughter of Viola and the late Thurman Mitchell. She attended Buffalo Public Schools and graduated from Hutchinson Central Technical Hi...

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Lillion Batchelor

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Aug 7, 2011 Biographies

Lillion Batchelor founded Buffalo Quarters Historical Society in 1995. Her purpose was to increase National and International awareness of the significant role of Buffalo in the Underground Railroad m...

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Stephanie Lynn Williams Cowart

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Aug 7, 2011 Biographies

Stephanie Lynn Williams Cowart was born in Niagara Falls, New York. She is the seventh of nine children born to Ada and James Williams. She attended Niagara Falls public schools including Beech Avenue...

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David E. Fields

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Aug 4, 2011 Biographies

David Fields was a retired city worker who was involved in community human service programs. He also served as a director of the local American Red Cross. David was born in Buffalo, NY; graduated from...

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Alphonso Johnson

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Aug 3, 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. He was a cavalryman before being selected to serve in the 555th...

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Annabelle Marshall Glover

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Aug 2, 2011 Biographies

Annabelle Marshall Glover was born April 8, 1913 in Buffalo, New York. Her parents were John and Edna Marshall. Annabelle and her family lived in both Buffalo and Hampton, Virginia during her early ye...

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Rosalie Peoples Covial

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Aug 2, 2011 Biographies

Rosalie was the daughter of William and Oralee Peoples. She was the older of two siblings. She was a native Buffalonian. A product of the Buffalo Public Schools, Rosalie attended school 6 and Lafayett...

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Irving "Bo Peep" Greene

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Aug 1, 2011 Biographies

Irving Greene was a longtime Buffalo jazz musician. As a string bass player his career spanned 50 years. He was a quiet man of small stature who was given the nickname "Bo Peep" as a youth because he ...

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Arlester Christian

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Aug 1, 2011 Biographies

Arlester "Dyke" Christian was born in Buffalo, New York on June 13, 1943. In 1965 he sang and played bass guitar with the Blazers, a backup band for the O’Jays. The group was stranded in Phoenix, Ariz...

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Pashion Corbitt Marshall

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Aug 1, 2011 Biographies

Pashion Payton Corbitt is a native of Buffalo, and a graduate of the former East High School. She received her Bachelor's of Science Degree in Pharmacy at Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusett...

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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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Harry Kendall Strother

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Jul 26, 2011 Biographies

A native of Buffalo, New York, Harry was the son of Henry and Mary Jones Strother. He was one of four children. His siblings were Juanita, Wilbur and Martha. He was married to Jeanette Walton Strother...

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