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Dec 10, 2018 Biographies

Robert Traynham Coles is a native of Buffalo, New York, who was born on August 24, 1929. Robert was one of four sons born to George Edward and Helena Vesta Traynham Coles. Coles attended Buffalo Publi...

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Karima Aiken Amin

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Dec 5, 2018 Biographies

Native Buffalonian, Karima Amin (nee Carol Ann Aiken), is a dedicated educator, educational consultant, published author, community activist, and full-time professional storyteller. She was born on Ju...

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Kelly Diane Galloway

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Nov 28, 2018 Biographies

Kelly Diane is the founder and president of Ramp Global Missions, a Christian Humanitarian organization that is qualified and equip to meet the needs of the broken, impoverished, exploited and hurt ar...

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Sharon Belton Cottman

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Oct 10, 2018 Biographies

Sharon M Belton-Cottman, was appointed in Spring 2011, and represents the students and parents of the Ferry District. Born to loving and nurturing parents, the late Thelma and Edward Belton. Sharon is...

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Albert Thompson

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Aug 21, 2018 Biographies

Albert Thompson served as the first African American superintendent of the Buffalo Public Schools from 1990 to 1996. Before assuming the position of superintendent, Thompson worked in the district beg...

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John Hackney

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Aug 21, 2018 Biographies

John H. Hackney was born in Buffalo, New York on September 12, 1929 at Children's Hospital. He was the first son and fourth child of John, Sr. and Mary J. Hackney, in a family of six children. John at...

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Christine Ann Castro Parker

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Aug 18, 2018 Biographies

Born in June, 1959, Christine Ann Castro is a native of Buffalo, New York. Christine is the eldest of five children born to Pedro Angelo Castro, Sr. (Puerto Rico) and Clara May Wright (Buffalo) and th...

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Mr. Darrell Marion Saxon II

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Aug 17, 2018 Biographies

Darrell M. Saxon II is known throughout the country as Western New York's premier funeral director who is at the helm of Buffalo's historic Thomas T. Edwards Funeral Home. Mr. Saxon joined the funeral...

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Roger K. Strother

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Aug 3, 2018 Biographies

"Life is a marathon race and I'm a long-distance runner." This is just one of the mantras that have guided the life of Roger K. Strother. He completed one year at Morgan State College in Baltimore, Ma...

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George C. Sarsnett

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Jul 16, 2018 Biographies

A native of Buffalo, Sarsnett was the son of George E. and Lovica Sarsnett. His mother was a native of Canada. The elder Sarsnett was a railroad dining car chef, who was born circa 1855. The elder Sar...

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James T. Anderson

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Jul 16, 2018 Biographies

James T. Anderson, a member of one of the oldest Black families in Buffalo, could trace his family back to 1832. His grandfather was Dr. Benjamin C. Taylor. His mother was Estelle Taylor Anderson and ...

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Rudolph S. Lane

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Jul 8, 2018 Biographies

Rudolph S. Lane was born on October 26, 1887 in Buffalo, New York. His parents were William and Martha Lane. Lane was involved with the first African American YMCA established in Buffalo in 1923. He w...

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