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"A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots." 

Marcus Garvey
Front page - The_Ogden_Standard_Examiner
The Ogden Standard-Examiner Ogden, Utah 
Sunday, May 25, 1924 Page 7
This site is about the first Black homeowner in Piedmont, California
who was forced out of our city because of the color of his skin.
Please join me in writing our city council members about creating a historical plaque.
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