Henry Moxley (1809 – December 12, 1878)[1] was an African-American businessman, religious leader and activist in Buffalo, New York.
[2] Moxley was a deacon of the A.M.E. Zion church and was a principal organizer of the 1843 National Convention of Colored Men that was held in Buffalo.
[3] It was reported in the Buffalo Republic newspaper that on October 3, 1850, Henry Moxley was in attendance and elected vice president, along with others, during a meeting of colored citizens in which resolutions were passed against the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
[4] In June 1867 Moxley, as part of a group of parents, argued before the School Committee of the Common Council regarding the segregated and then called "African school" on Vine Alley (present day William Street from Broadway to Michigan Avenue).
[5][6] It was their contention that the school was both poorly equipped and constructed along with having a location that caused long travel times for children who didn't live nearby.