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HambrickReverend Clyde Hambrick Avenue (Bronx) Present name:Ward Avenue Location:Between Watson Avenue and Westchester Avenue Honoree: Reverend Clyde Hambrick (1928-2001) who had been a coal miner in his native West Virginia, became one of the first Afro-American computer programmers in New York City, working for the United States Postal Service. He was pastor of Green Pasture Baptist Church for the last 28 years of his life and an active civic leader, involved with drug counseling, a food pantry, and a homeless program. LL:2003/34 |
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