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Gladys Bentley

Now, we should pause and recognize that both Jet (and Ebony,
done by the same publisher) could tend to the side of
sensationalism, which I guess, sells copies...

7/24/52

Note: I've read in several sources that right after his
"marriage" to Bentley, that he said it never happened

9/18/52

This means she met Roberts before her prior "husband" Gipson died, in June.
Below it mentions their "whirlwind courtship of five months."
If any of this is true, then there was some "overlap."

9/25/52

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