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Apr 10, 2024 Biographies

Emeline was a native of Virginia, who was born circa 1825. Whether she was enslaved or not is unknown and how she and her sister got to Buffalo is also unknown. She, and her sister, Sarah arrived in B...

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Peyton Harris

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Apr 8, 2024 Biographies

One of Buffalo's most historic buildings, the Michigan Street Baptist Church (constructed between 1845-1849), is well-known for its association with the Underground Railroad and Buffalo's civil rights...

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Carolyne Scott Blount

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Jan 25, 2024 Biographies

Personal: Born in Richmond, Virginia in 1943 to parents who were educators. Reared in the rural town of Ruthville in Charles City County, VA. Married to James M. Blount, parents of three children; Jam...

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Rose H. Sconiers

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Dec 27, 2023 Biographies

Honorable Rose H. Sconiers, New York State Supreme Court Justice, is former judge of the City Court of Buffalo; former Executive Attorney of the Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, Inc.; former Assistant Cor...

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John Eugene Simpson

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Dec 18, 2022 Biographies

John, also known as Eugene, was born into slavery but obtained his freedom in 1837. It is said that he was involved in the great gold rush of 1849. He was a barber. He settled in Buffalo, New York wit...

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Henry Moxley

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Dec 6, 2021 Biographies

Henry Moxley, escaped from slavery in his home state of Virginia and found his way to Buffalo, New York where he became an influential activist. Moxley's name can be found in the first Buffalo City Di...

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James R. Heck III

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Dec 30, 2020 Biographies

James R. Heck III James R. Heck III was born in Lynchburg, Virginia, the youngest of four children of a Baptist minister and an elementary school teacher. His parents, Rev. Rhomie L. Heck, Sr. and Nel...

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Irene Taylor McVay

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Nov 21, 2020 Biographies

Irene Taylor: Student Activist Irene Taylor and her best friend Barbara Johns grew up in rural Virginia. In 1951, they were seniors at Robert Russo Moton High School in Farmville. Their schools, busse...

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Pauline Garnett McGowan

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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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Lewis Lloyd Burrell MD

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Feb 16, 2019 Biographies

Lewis Lloyd Burrell, Jr. was born in Luray, Virginia in 1904. His parents, Lewis Lloyd Burrell, Sr. and Carrie Pinkett Burrell were natives of Virginia. Dr. Burrell graduated from Howard University Me...

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Dessie Alicia Woolfolk Hinto

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Feb 11, 2019 Biographies

Dessie Alicia Woolfolk Hinto was born in Richmond, VA and married John Santos Hinto of Bravo, Cape Verde Islands, Portugal, the son of a pharmacist. She gave birth to her only child, Belmira Hinto Les...

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Lydia Ann Taylor Dunjee

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Feb 9, 2019 Biographies

Lydia Ann (Taylor) Dunjee was born March 13, 1846 and would have been 83 years old when she died. She and her family, born freemen, were of the Old Dominion,Ã‚ÂVirginia. She was reared by a white fam...

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