W. E / Edwardsville / Cleveland / Washington / St. LouiS / Georgetown / Birmingham / Baltimore / Cartersville / Kingston / Atlanta / Chicago / after leaving St. Louis / /
Company
Palladium / /
Continent
America / Africa / /
Country
United States / /
Event
Person Travel / /
Facility
Villa Ridge / /
Holiday
Thanksgiving / /
IndustryTerm
father-in-law / black newspaper / /
NaturalFeature
Fraser / /
Organization
Bureau of the Census / White Supremacy Club / Baptist Church / Robinson and Shields / White House / /
Person
Charles McClelland / Bobbie Holt / William Nesmith / Wise / Melvinia / Michelle Obama / Oscar De Priest / Jim Crow / Eliza Jumper / Mary Moten / Joan Tribble / Robert Lee / Toni Carrier / Fraser Jr / Mack Shields / Francis Withers / Robinson III / Robert Lee Shields / Carrie Tinsley Coleman / Annie / Phoebe Moten Johnson / Patterson / Purnell Shields / Rachel L. Swarns / Jim Jumper / James Preston / Marian Shields / Tira / Jewell Barclay / Jim Robinson / Henry Louis Gates / Jr. / Caesar Cohen / Applin / Dolly Jumper / James Preston Johnson / Henry Shields / Fraser Robinson Sr. / Edward Coles / Fraser Robinson Jr. / Rebecca Jumper Coleman / Harriet Jacobs / Frank Nesmith / Rachel Swarns / Phoebe Moten / Fraser Sr. / Fraser Jr. / Dolphus Shields / John W. Wheeler / Jerry Suter / /
Position
author / Rachel L / representative / researcher / struggling farmer / Teacher / President of the United States / First Lady of the United States / Corporal / /
ProvinceOrState
Virginia / Alabama / South Carolina / Georgia / Illinois / /
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