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Benita Merritt 1954 - 1988

Benita Merritt of East Lynn, Wayne County, WV was born on December 2, 1954, and died at age 33 years old in August 1988.
Benita Merritt
East Lynn, Wayne County, WV 25512
December 2, 1954
August 1988
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Benita Merritt's History: 1954 - 1988

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  • 12/2
    1954

    Birthday

    December 2, 1954
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  • 08/dd
    1988

    Death

    August 1988
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    Benita Merritt lived 39 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 33.
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In 1954, in the year that Benita Merritt was born, on May 17th, the Supreme Court released a decision on Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. The ruling stated that state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students was unconstitutional thus paving the way for integration in schools.
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In 1964, when she was only 10 years old, in June, three young civil rights workers - Andrew Goodman and Mickey Schwerner from New York City, and James Chaney from Meridian, Mississippi - were kidnapped and murdered in Mississippi. Working with "Freedom Summer", they were registering African-Americans to vote in the Southern states. Their bodies were found two months later. Although it was discovered that the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, the Neshoba County Sheriff's Office and the Philadelphia, Mississippi Police Department were involved, only 7 men were convicted and served less than six years.
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