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BIOGRAPHY:  Amelia Grace Anderson

Amelia Grace Anderson was a member of a prominent African American family that settled in Buffalo as early as 1832. She was one of the first blacks to graduate from Syracuse University where she earned a Doctorate in Liberal Arts.

She taught school in Buffalo and was an active member of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs. Locally, she was one of the founders, with Florence Lee, of the Lit-Mus Study Club in 1922. In 1938, she was elected president of the Empire State Federation of Women's Clubs.

Ms. Anderson was at the forefront of leadership in the establishment of the Buffalo Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. She was one of the Chapter's founders and served as secretary of the organization in 1917. In 1928, she was elected President of the Buffalo NAACP.

She is the aunt of Uncrowned Queen, Ora Anderson Curry, and the sister-in-law of Ora L. Anderson.

Ms. Anderson died on May 31, 1950, and is interred in Forest Lawn Cemetery.