@TheOneWithTheHair to HistoryEnglish • 1 year agoMonroe Baker, Mayor of St. Martinsville, LA (1867, two years after the Civil War) he was a free person of color before emancipation. Other source (in body) says it was on October 5www.newspapers.commessage-square0arrow-up116arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up116arrow-down1external-linkMonroe Baker, Mayor of St. Martinsville, LA (1867, two years after the Civil War) he was a free person of color before emancipation. Other source (in body) says it was on October 5www.newspapers.com@TheOneWithTheHair to HistoryEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square0file-text
Second source with date is a newspaper: https://newpittsburghcourier.com/2023/10/04/this-week-in-black-history-october-4-10-2023/?utm_source=newsshowcase&utm_medium=gnews&utm_campaign=CDAqEAgAKgcICjCrr8kLMOvK4AMw_JfhAQ&utm_content=rundown
