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Nov 20, 2023 Biographies

Betty Jean Grant is a (former) City of Buffalo Common Council Member, who represented the city's University District. She was first elected in 1998 and was re-elected in 2000, when for the first time ...

Covington Politics TN United States

Oliver Mathew Bragg

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Aug 31, 2023 Biographies

Oliver M. Bragg has the distinction of being the second African American Policeman in Buffalo. Bragg was appointed, from the Civil Service list, to the position of patrolman on July 18, 1919. He joine...

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Tiffany R. Lewis

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Feb 23, 2022 Biographies

Tiffany R. Lewis is a vibrant leader and youth advocate committed to the social development of women and girls. Seeing firsthand the challenges young adults face, she was inspired to make a difference...

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Ambrose Inman Lane Sr.

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Jun 24, 2021 Biographies

Rev. Ambrose Inman Lane Sr, the son of a coal miner and a schoolteacher, was born and raised in Knoxville, Tenn. Although he had received four college scholarships, Mr. Lane was forced to postpone his...

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Freddie M Grimes Thompson

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Feb 22, 2019 Biographies

Freddie M. Grimes Thompson was born in Jackson, Tennessee. She received her elementary school education at South Jackson Grammar School. In 1944, she graduated and moved with her mother to Buffalo, Ne...

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E. Marie Davis

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Feb 11, 2019 Biographies

E. Marie Davis was born in Tipton County, Tennessee, on Christmas Day, 1928. Most of her early life was spent in the South, until she came to Niagara Falls, New York in 1953. E. Marie was the daughter...

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Larry Lanier Bonds

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Nov 20, 2018 Biographies

Larry Lanier Bonds was born and raised in Ripley, Tennessee in 1951. Throughout his childhood, he was a devoted member of his church, and soon became a member of the usher board. After graduating high...

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Roy A. Mathis

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Aug 21, 2018 Biographies

Roy A. Mathis was born June 7, 1926 to Eli Mathis and Daisy Hunt in Chattanooga Tennessee. He was the youngest of 10 children, all of whom have preceded him in death. He attended Howard High School wh...

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Robert Talbert

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Jul 16, 2018 Biographies

"A Wealthy Resident" of Buffalo Dies at the Nation's Capital -His History" Dec. 22, 1892 "By the death of Robert Talbert, at Washington, D.C., last Tuesday morning, Buffalo loses one of its oldest and...

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Joseph W. Hall

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Mar 7, 2018 Biographies

Hall was born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1908. His parents, Omri and Willie May Hall, moved the family to Buffalo in 1919. By 1925, Hall was well known as a boxer. He won the welterweight championship o...

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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...

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Cornelius Evarts Ford

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Mar 2, 2018 Biographies

Cornelius Evarts Ford, a native of Jonesboro, Tennessee, was born on September 5, 1870. His parents were Mark and (first name unknown)Angeline Ford. Cornelius attended Warner Institute, an American Mi...

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