Frederick Madison Roberts was a newspaper owner and editor, educator, and business owner. He was also the first African American elected to the California State Assembly. Roberts was a great-grandson of Sally Hemings and President Thomas Jefferson. Studio portrait of Gloria Roberts or her sister Patricia Roberts, daughters of Frederick Madison Roberts.
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uclalsc_1889_b12_f13_007.tif ark:/21198/z1gb3n31
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African American families Roberts, Patricia Ann, 1934-2007 Roberts, Gloria P. (Gloria Pearl), 1924-2011
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