We take a look at the origins—and remnants—of what was once called “Buffalo’s Two-Million-Dollar Playground.”

Well-known vaudeville star Jesse Clipper became the first African American soldier from Buffalo to succumb to injuries sustained in World War I.

We remember this pillar of Buffalo’s African American community with a series of personal recollections.

Ignoring the cries for human rights and basic human decency, President Millard Fillmore opted to support the Fugitive Slave Act in an attempt to prevent civil war and preserve the Union.