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Alice was born on July 24, 1892, in Seattle, Washington, to Laura Ball and James Presley Ball, a lawyer, photographer, and editor for The Colored Citizen, a newspaper aimed at serving African American citizens in the U.S.

Alice was born on July 24, 1892, in Seattle, Washington, to Laura Ball and James Presley Ball, a lawyer, photographer, and editor for The Colored Citizen, a newspaper aimed at serving African American citizens in the U.S.

Alice was born on July 24, 1892, in Seattle, Washington, to Laura Ball and James Presley Ball, a lawyer, photographer, and editor for The Colored Citizen, a newspaper aimed at serving African American citizens in the U.S.

Her grandfather, James Ball Sr., was a renowned photographer and one of the first Black Americans to use daguerreotype, the groundbreaking photographic technique that captured images on silver or copper plates. While her family was deeply involved in supporting African American rights and culture, it is alleged that Alice was listed as white on her birth certificate.

Her grandfather, James Ball Sr., was a renowned photographer and one of the first Black Americans to use daguerreotype, the groundbreaking photographic technique that captured images on silver or copper plates. While her family was deeply involved in supporting African American rights and culture, it is alleged that Alice was listed as white on her birth certificate.

Her grandfather, James Ball Sr., was a renowned photographer and one of the first Black Americans to use daguerreotype, the groundbreaking photographic technique that captured images on silver or copper plates. While her family was deeply involved in supporting African American rights and culture, it is alleged that Alice was listed as white on her birth certificate.

The Reconstruction came to an end with the Compromise of 1877, a political deal that resolved the disputed 1876 presidential election. In exchange for Republican Rutherford B. Hayes becoming president, federal troops were withdrawn from the South.

The Reconstruction came to an end with the Compromise of 1877, a political deal that resolved the disputed 1876 presidential election. In exchange for Republican Rutherford B. Hayes becoming president, federal troops were withdrawn from the South.

The Reconstruction came to an end with the Compromise of 1877, a political deal that resolved the disputed 1876 presidential election. In exchange for Republican Rutherford B. Hayes becoming president, federal troops were withdrawn from the South.

This allowed white Southern leaders to regain power, dismantle Reconstruction reforms, and enforce Jim Crow laws, ushering in an era of segregation and racial oppression.

This allowed white Southern leaders to regain power, dismantle Reconstruction reforms, and enforce Jim Crow laws, ushering in an era of segregation and racial oppression.

This allowed white Southern leaders to regain power, dismantle Reconstruction reforms, and enforce Jim Crow laws, ushering in an era of segregation and racial oppression.

The new laws supported a system of white supremacy and reversed much of the progress the Reconstruction period had made. Though the amendments remained in place, white leaders found loopholes to segregate black Americans, adopting a separate-but-equal ideology.

The new laws supported a system of white supremacy and reversed much of the progress the Reconstruction period had made. Though the amendments remained in place, white leaders found loopholes to segregate black Americans, adopting a separate-but-equal ideology.

The new laws supported a system of white supremacy and reversed much of the progress the Reconstruction period had made. Though the amendments remained in place, white leaders found loopholes to segregate black Americans, adopting a separate-but-equal ideology.

This meant that while Black Americans had access to public services such as schools, transportation, restaurants, and public restrooms, the options available to them were intentionally inferior.

This meant that while Black Americans had access to public services such as schools, transportation, restaurants, and public restrooms, the options available to them were intentionally inferior.

This meant that while Black Americans had access to public services such as schools, transportation, restaurants, and public restrooms, the options available to them were intentionally inferior.

The laws also included provisions to disenfranchise Black men, meaning to deprive them of their right to vote, while racist groups like the Ku Klux Klan terrorized Black communities through violent acts, including public lynchings that were treated as spectacles.

The laws also included provisions to disenfranchise Black men, meaning to deprive them of their right to vote, while racist groups like the Ku Klux Klan terrorized Black communities through violent acts, including public lynchings that were treated as spectacles.