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Bert M. Roddy

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Bert Maynard Roddy (born August 19, 1886 - died 1963) founded a chain of grocery stores and was the first African American owner of a grocery store chain in Memphis, Tennessee.^[1] He was involved in the Lincoln League. He was born in Augusta, Arkansas August 19, 1886. His parents were Jerry and Harriette McKenny Roddy.^[1] After his family moved to Memphis he attended LeMoyne Normal School.^[2] He cofounded the Coloured Citizens Association, was an organizer of a theater, cofounded a restaurant, organized and was the first president of the Memphis NAACP chapter, and was involved in various African American civic and business groups.^[2]

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1. ^¹{{cite web|url=https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=1144|title=Bert M. Roddy - Entries - Tennessee Encyclopedia|website=tennesseeencyclopedia.net}}
2. ^¹{{cite book|title=Notable Black Memphians|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=po0UCjyTjuoC&pg=PA269|publisher=Cambria Press|isbn=978-1-62196-863-4|pages=269–}}

3 : 1886 births|Businesspeople from Tennessee|1963 deaths

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