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Laurette Beasley 1897 - 1993

Laurette Beasley of Bronx, Bronx County, NY was born on July 24, 1897, and died at age 95 years old on January 7, 1993.
Laurette Beasley
Bronx, Bronx County, NY 10466
July 24, 1897
January 7, 1993
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Laurette Beasley's History: 1897 - 1993

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  • 07/24
    1897

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    July 24, 1897
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  • 01/7
    1993

    Death

    January 7, 1993
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    Laurette Beasley lived 24 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 95.
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In 1897, in the year that Laurette Beasley was born, on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".
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In 1917, at the age of 20 years old, Laurette was alive when on July 28, between ten and fifteen thousand blacks silently walked down New York City's Fifth Avenue to protest racial discrimination and violence. Lynchings in Waco Texas and hundreds of African-Americans killed in East St. Louis Illinois had sparked the protest. Picket signs said "Mother, do lynchers go to heaven?" "Mr. President, why not make America safe for democracy?" "Thou shalt not kill." "Pray for the Lady Macbeth's of East St. Louis" and "Give us a chance to live."
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