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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
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Title
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The History of Black Business in America
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Description
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One paragraph about Homer Roberts, "one of the first black car dealers," founder of "the Roberts Automobile Company in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1919," one of the city's overall best car salesman, and salesman of "75 percent of the cars bought by blacks in Kansas City."
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Date
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1998
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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A City Divided: The Racial Landscape of Kansas City, 1900-1960
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Description
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Section of the chapter which tells about "race men" and "race women" of the 1920s and how they advanced awareness in Kansas City of the existing color lines. Mentioned are L. Amassa Knox, D. A. Holmes, Homer Roberts, T. B. Watkins, and Chester A. Franklin. "They were knowledgeable about black history and culture and identified themselves proudly as Negroes...."
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Date
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2002
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Object Type
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Book