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Oct 25, 2020 Biographies

Dr. Fatima Morrell earned a Bachelor's degree in Spanish, Cum Laude, and a Master's degree in Foreign and Second Language Education from the State University of New York at Buffalo. She also received ...

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Martha Antoinette Thompson Ford

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Oct 4, 2020 Biographies

At the turn of the twentieth century Martha Ford was among the black club women in Buffalo who advocated for the rights of blacks. She was married to Cornelius Ford, a successful businessman who moved...

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Lucille Clifton

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Sep 24, 2020 Biographies

Lucille Clifton was born in Depew, New York. She graduated from Fosdick Masten High School in Buffalo and attended Howard University and Fredonia State College. She is the author of ten books of poetr...

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E. Jeannette Ogden

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Sep 7, 2020 Biographies

E. Jeannette Ogden is a Buffalo City Court Judge presently presiding over the Domestic Violence Court. Mayor Anthony M. Masiello appointed Judge Ogden to the Court in June of 1995. He cited her broad ...

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Crystal Davis Peoples-Stokes

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Sep 6, 2020 Biographies

In December 2018 Assemblywoman Crystal D. Peoples-Stokes was elevated to the position of Majority Leader of the New York State Assembly. Peoples-Stokes has served Buffalo's 141st Assembly District sin...

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Clara Louise Payne

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Jun 19, 2020 Biographies

Clara Louise Payne was a member of an old established Buffalo family. Her father, Thomas W. Payne was a native of Richmond, Virginia and worked as an office clerk according to the 1920 census. Her mot...

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Charles A. Dickson

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May 31, 2020 Biographies

In a 1913 newspaper article Charles A. Dickson described his parents in warm and loving terms. He wrote that his mother, Phoebe Ann Lane Dickson was "a witty and well-educated woman". A native of Alba...

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James H. Lyons

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Mar 22, 2020 Biographies

James H. Lyons was a lifelong Buffalo resident and a leader in black community affairs. He was Buffalo's first black disc jockey. He was widely known in the late 1950s and 60s for conducting his own s...

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Elmira Brockenborough

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Mar 19, 2020 Biographies

Elmira Brockenborough was two years old when she died from scarlet fever on September 24, 1874. She was the first African American recorded to have been buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Elmira was the ...

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Cravane Middlebrooks Givens

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Mar 7, 2020 Biographies

Cravane Middlebrooks Givens was born on June 16, 1932 in Buffalo, NY. He was the fifth of six children of the late William H. and Estelle Roberts Givens. He was baptized into First Shiloh Baptist Chur...

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Jimmy Madison Parker

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Mar 7, 2020 Biographies

Reprinted with permission of the author: Georgia Burnette (2003) James Madison Parker is a tall, handsome African American gentleman born in Buffalo, in 1925, just prior to the Great Depression. His f...

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Amelia Grace Anderson

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Mar 7, 2020 Biographies

Amelia Grace Anderson was a member of a prominent African American family that settled in Buffalo as early as 1832. Her grandfather, Benjamin C. Taylor was the first African American doctor in Buffalo...

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