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Feb 13, 2018 Biographies

Edward McCurry was a native of Memphis, Tennessee was born April 5, 1878. He was the father of Mary Hackney and Alma McCurry Brooks, two Uncrowned Queens who were extensively involved in Buffalo's Bla...

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Alma McCurry Brooks

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Feb 12, 2018 Biographies

Alma Brooks was born in Memphis, Tennessee. Her mother's name was Hallie Bibbins, and her father was Edward McCurry. She was the younger of two daughters. Her sister was Mary McCurry Hackney. She came...

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Mary McCurry Hackney

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Feb 12, 2018 Biographies

Mrs. Mary J. Hackney was a survivor. She lived through the Great Depression on Buffalo's east side by knowing how to sew, grow food in her garden, and smile. Daughter of the late Edward and Hattie McC...

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Elizabeth Smith Brown Talbert

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Jan 28, 2018 Biographies

Elizabeth Smith Brown Talbert was born on July 11, 1890. She was a native of Fayetteville, Tennessee and the daughter of Charles and Mary Smith. Her two siblings were Dr. K.K. Smith and Charles L. Smi...

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W. Yerby Jones MD

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Aug 28, 2016 Biographies

W. Yerby Jones was born in Memphis, TN on February 19, 1904. He moved to Buffalo, NY as a teenager with his family. His mother was a teacher in the Buffalo School system and his father was a teamster....

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Mr. Michael Lamont Green

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Sep 8, 2013 Biographies

Michael L. Green was born in Nolensville, Tennessee to the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Williams (Patricia) and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Green (Steve). He is an associate minister of the Grea...

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Twilus Davis

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Jun 18, 2013 Biographies

Rev. Davis was a native of Memphis, Tennessee. He graduated from Friendship College in Rockhill, South Carolina. He founded five churches in the Western New York and Rochester area including Friendshi...

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Katherine Heard Logan

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Jun 20, 2012 Biographies

Katherine H. Logan is the oldest of two daughters born to Marshall and Elizabeth Heard in Memphis, TN. She received a bachelors degree in Elementary Education from LeMoyne-Owen College in Memphis. She...

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Ishmael Reed

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Mar 13, 2012 Biographies

Poet, essayist, and novelist Ishmael Reed was born in 1938 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He was raised in Buffalo, New York, and attended the University of New York at Buffalo. He is the author of severa...

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Thelma V. Reed

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Mar 10, 2012 Biographies

Thelma V. Reed is the mother of Ishmael Reed. She is the daughter of the late Mack Hopkins and Emma Hopkins Lewis. She graduated from Newton Normal Presbyterian Church School. In Buffalo she was a fai...

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King Solomon Peoples

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Aug 11, 2011 Biographies

King Solomon Peoples was born in Orange Mounds, Tennessee and moved with his family to Buffalo when he was 7 years old. He was the first African American here to be promoted to the position of foreman...

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Winton Hardiman

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Aug 9, 2011 Biographies

Mr. Hardiman, also known as "Flash", was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He was the chief of planning and technical support for the Buffalo division of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development...

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