"We Cannot Walk Alone:" Images and History of the African-American Community.
Lafayette County, Mississippi. An "Open Doors Exhibition." April through August 2003.


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Buford Family
History given by Mrs. Doris Logan

“The Buford Family originally hailed from North Carolina. Mrs. Logan’s grandparents were George and [Roxie] Brown Boyd. Her parents had five children and worked in farming and on the railroad. They owned their own property and lived in the St. John M.B. Church community. Several family members have attended schools such as St. John and West Spring Hill, Oxford Training School, Rust College and the University of Mississippi.”
 


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Bessie Buford Blake, Elnora Buford Young, Mrs. Rosie Brown Buford, Alberta Buford Campbell and George Buford

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