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Besse K Sheldon 1905 - 1994

Besse K Sheldon of Plains, Meade County, KS was born on March 18, 1905, and died at age 88 years old on March 16, 1994.
Besse K Sheldon
Plains, Meade County, KS 67869
March 18, 1905
March 16, 1994
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  • 03/18
    1905

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    March 18, 1905
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  • 03/16
    1994

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    March 16, 1994
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    Besse K Sheldon lived 14 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 88.
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In 1905, in the year that Besse K Sheldon was born, the Niagara Falls conference was held in Fort Erie, Ontario. Led by W.E.B. Du Bois and William Monroe Trotter, a group of African-American men met in opposition to racial segregation and disenfranchisement. Booker T. Washington had been calling for policies of accommodation and conciliation and these two men, along with the others who attended the conference, felt that this was accomplishing nothing. The group was the precursor to the NAACP.
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In 1941, when this person was 36 years old, on June 25th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8802, prohibiting racial discrimination in the defense industry. EO 8802 was the first federal action to prohibit employment discrimination - without prejudice as to "race, creed, color, or national origin" - in the U.S. Civil Rights groups had planned a march on Washington D.C. to protest for equal rights but with the signing of the Order, they canceled the March.
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