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Aug 29, 2023 Biographies

Zenobia Alexander was one of a handful of Black journalists who worked in Buffalo in the early 20th century. A native of Fordyca, Arkansas and a World War I veteran, Alexander moved to Buffalo followi...

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Eva M. Doyle

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Jul 13, 2023 Biographies

Eva M. Doyle, a native of Niagara Falls, is a retired Buffalo Public School teacher with 30 years of classroom experience. She received a Masters' Degree in Elementary Education. She also studied at C...

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Felton L. Davis

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Jul 13, 2023 Biographies

Felton L. Davis is an Eagle Scout, earning the award on October 22, 1956, with Troop 41, Baton Rouge, LA. He attended Bayou Boys State during the summer of 1959 and then served on the Boys State Staff...

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Ronal Bassham

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Jul 13, 2023 Biographies

Ronal Bassham was born in Erie, Pennsylvania. He is the eldest of the six children of Thaddeus and Peggy Bassham. The Bassham family moved to Buffalo, New York when Ron was a child. He attended Buffal...

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Paul Woods

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Jul 13, 2023 Biographies

It is Black History Month, and today we salute Living Black History. Mr. Paul Woods, a World War II veteran, fought in the Pacific Theater earning three Bronze Stars and a Liberation of the Philippine...

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Paul D. Woodson

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Jul 13, 2023 Biographies

Paul D. Woodson was a longtime nightclub and hotel owner and a descendant of Thomas Jefferson. The East Amherst resident was born in Washington, D.C. According to the book "A President in the Family,"...

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Joyce Ford Quick

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Apr 2, 2023 Biographies

A native of Albany, New York, Joyce came to Buffalo, New York in 1973 with her husband, Winford A. Quick, M.D. to do his internship and residency at the Deaconess Hospital of Buffalo. She is the oldes...

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Johnnie Mae Bolden Mayo

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Mar 28, 2023 Biographies

Johnnie M. Mayo is the oldest of seven children. Her family increased by four when cousins were introduced following the loss of her maternal aunt. As a sixteen-year-old high school student, Johnnie b...

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Winford A. Quick MD

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Mar 25, 2023 Biographies

Winford A. Quick, M.D. is the Medical Director at the General Motors Corporation, Powertrain Division's Tonawanda Engine Plant. His responsibility is to provide quality medical care to the 1,800 plus ...

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Annie Nixon Singleton

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Mar 13, 2023 Biographies

There are many well-known and accomplished African Americans buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery. The list is long and impressive. One of the lesser known people is a woman named Annie Singleton, who at th...

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Irene McLeish Greene

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Feb 9, 2023 Biographies

Irene was born Irene McLeish in Buffalo, New York on August 31st, 1939, ten minutes after her identical twin Lorine. Their parents were Aaron and Martha McLeish. The sisters had a close bond in this w...

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Cynthia Jackson Anderson

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Jan 31, 2023 Biographies

Cynthia Anderson was born in Chickasha, Oklahoma, and attended Chickasha public schools first through tenth grades. She is the daughter of the late Harold W. Jackson and Loretta Y. Blunt Jackson. She ...

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