BUFFALO, N.Y. — There are many parts of history that become lost to the past.

Spotty records and segregation make it especially difficult for people to get a true glimpse of Buffalo's extensive Black history. One group, however, has taken on that challenge, and they recently found some success.

A granite marker and bronze interpretive plaque now commemorates Henry Moxley, one of Buffalo’s most prominent Black residents in the 1800s. The dedication happened Friday, at his previously unmarked gravesite in Forest Lawn Cemetery.

Born into slavery in Virginia in 1803, Moxley escaped and eventually settled in Buffalo, where he became a staunch abolitionist and a vocal advocate for equality for African Americans.

A barber by trade, he played a leading role in the city’s growing African Americ

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