Robert Quinn | https://www.forbes.com/
Robert Quinn | https://www.forbes.com/
From February 19, 2023 post.
Robert Quinn
Located on 5th Ave., a one-story frame building housed Robert Quinn’s office and electrical appliance shop. According to the WPA Federal Writers' Project Collection, his was the ‘only business in town conducted by a Negro, other than those kept strictly within the confines of the Negro districts.’
Robert Quinn worked as an electrician for an electric lighting company and later began his own business as an electrical contractor and appliance repairman. He and his wife were featured in the Federal Writers’ Project as part of the U.S. Work Projects Administration when Eliza Quinn was interviewed about their lives in 1939. Eliza’s interview gives a glimpse into the struggles faced by African American families. Read ‘A Negro in Business’ at https://www.loc.gov/resource/wpalh2.27080215/?sp=2
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