Roberts Company Motor Mart Opens

Roberts Co. Advertisement

Homer B. Roberts opens the Roberts Company Motor Mart at 19th and Vine St. and sells vehicles principally to African American customers. 

Date : 
July 29, 1923
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Homer Roberts was as persistent in the 1920s as any car salesman today, but his goals reached well beyond the next sale. With enduring determination and a love of the motorcar, Roberts was the first African American to own an automobile dealership in the country.

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