Visited by Father

"When Harrison and Cleveland ran for President, my [HW: white] father

came to Little Rock. Some colored people had been killed in the campaign

fights, and he had been summoned to Little Rock to make some statements

in connection with the trouble. He stopped at a prominent hotel and had

me to come to see him. When I went up to the hotel to meet him, there

were a dozen or more white men at that place. When I shook hands with

him, he said, 'Gentlemen, he's a little shady but he's my son.' His name

was Captain I.T. Robinson. He lived in Lisbon, Arkansas.

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