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Charles H. Roberts
1872–1967
United States
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Charles Horace Roberts (August 12, 1872 – January 1, 1967) was an American dentist and politician who, alongside George W. Harris, was one of the first two African Americans elected to the New York City Board of Aldermen in 1919. He was also the first African American nominated for Congress by the Republican Party in a northern state, running as the party's unsuccessful candidate for New York's 21st district in 1924.
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