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Enslaved at birth in Rutherford County, Tennessee, Callie Guy House led one of the earliest reparations movements through the National Ex-Slave Mutual Relief, Bounty, and Pension Association. Founded in 1894 by House and Isaiah Dickerson, the organization petitioned Congress to grant compensation to formerly enslaved people and to provide aid for their burial expenses. Their efforts led to the first major reparations lawsuit, Johnson v. McAdoo, in 1916. Her home stood near this site.
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Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), Tennessee · United States
