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Mar 26, 2020 Biographies

Born Pauline Garnett in Richmond, Virginia, she moved to Buffalo with her parents, Rev. E. J. Garnett and Alpha Elizabeth Shelton Garnett as a youngster. She attended Buffalo Public Schools. Ms. Garne...

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April N. M. Baskin

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Sep 7, 2019 Biographies

Buffalo native April Baskin is passionate about community development for social change. As a former college drop-out April is conscious of the systemic challenges many women, people of color, and imp...

Buffalo NY Politics United States

Lucille Williamson Asenso Davis

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Mar 25, 2019 Biographies

On January 19, 1922, Lucille Williamson Asenso Davis was born in Aiken, South Carolina to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Williamson. The family migrated to Niagara Falls, New York, where her father began working...

Aiken Politics SC United States

Ada L. Thomas Deans

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Mar 22, 2019 Biographies

Ada L. Deans was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi on October 15, 1943. She was raised and educated in Niagara Falls, New York. Her parents are the late Henry and Rosie L. Thomas. She is the youngest of ...

MS Politics United States Vicksburg

Dr. Renae Kimble

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Mar 21, 2019 Biographies

Renae Kimble has been a strong voice and advocate for disadvantaged residents of the Niagara County community. Never afraid to take on tough issues, she has a reputation as a champion of voting, civil...

NY Niagara Falls Politics United States

Pauline Kimble Walker

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Feb 14, 2019 Biographies

Pauline was born to the late Eugene Kimble, Sr., and the late Polly Early Petty Kimble on September 28, 1927, in Carrollton, Mississippi. Pauline finished high school and married the late Roger Walker...

Carrollton MS Politics United States

Cassandra Ann Cosby

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Feb 13, 2019 Biographies

Cassandra Ann "Dee" Cosby is one of seven children born and raised in Buffalo, New York. She grew up as the only girl and learned early in life the value of persistence, how to make herself heard, and...

Buffalo NY Politics United States

Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm

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Jan 24, 2019 Biographies

"The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says: It's a girl." Shirley Chisholm Shirley Chisholm was born Shirley Anita St. Hill on November 30, 1924 in B...

Brooklyn NY Politics United States

Arthur Hardwick, Jr.

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Jan 24, 2019 Biographies

Mr. Hardwick was a prominent local business and civic leader for many years in Buffalo and Western New York. He holds the distinction of being the first African American from Erie County to be elected...

Augusta GA Politics United States

William Godfrey

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Sep 2, 2018 Biographies

William Godfrey was a retired Erie County worker and neighborhood leader. He was born in Pratt City, Alabama and moved to Buffalo, NY as a child. Mr. Godfrey was a machinist at Houdaille Industries an...

AL Politics Pratt City United States

Jessica "Judy" Grimm Johnson

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Mar 4, 2018 Biographies

A native of Lexington, Kentucky, Jessica (Judy) Grimm was born on June 19,1909. She was the only daughter of Marcellus and Mary Burbridge Grimm. She was an infant when her parents moved to Clifton, Oh...

KY Lexington Politics United States

William Lee Perry

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Mar 4, 2018 Biographies

African Americans, especially those from the South but also Northern Blacks, understood the importance of the vote. Once he moved to Buffalo William L. Perry, a native of Kenton, Tennessee, marshalled...

Kenton Politics TN United States