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Title
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Homer B. Roberts, 1885-1952: An Extradordinary Man
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Description
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Book with photos, illustrations, map, and information about Homer Roberts (1885-1952), one of the first or perhaps the first African American to enter "the retail automobile business in the early 1900's in Kansas City." Native of Ash Grove, Missouri coming to Kansas City around the 1901s and becoming "the first of his race to be awarded a new car franchise. ..and appointed an Oldsmobile distributor (1923)."
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Date
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2001
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Object Type
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Book