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Bessie G Ashford 1919 - 2011

Bessie G Ashford of Louisville, Winston County, MS was born on November 28, 1919, and died at age 91 years old on August 14, 2011.
Bessie G Ashford
Louisville, Winston County, MS 39339
November 28, 1919
August 14, 2011
Female
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  • 11/28
    1919

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    November 28, 1919
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  • 08/14
    2011

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    August 14, 2011
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    Bessie G Ashford lived 20 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 91.
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In 1919, in the year that Bessie G Ashford was born, in the summer and early autumn, race riots erupted in 26 U.S. cities, resulting in hundreds of deaths and even more people being badly hurt. In most cases, African-Americans were the victims. It was called the "Red Summer". Men who were returning from World War I needed jobs and there was competition for those jobs among the races. Tension was heightened by the use by many companies of blacks as strikebreakers.
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In 1920, Bessie was only 1 year old when the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote, passed both Houses of Congress and was sent to the States to ratify. In August, Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the Amendment and it became law eight days later. Mississippi ratified it in 1984.
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