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Bessie Sligh 1887 - 1978

Bessie Sligh of North Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas was born on July 4, 1887, and died at age 91 years old in August 1978.

Bessie Sligh

North Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas 72118

July 4, 1887

August 1978

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In 1887, in the year that Bessie Sligh was born, on July 1st, the assembly for the supports of the Eiffel Tower began . A wrought iron lattice tower, it was designed and built by Gustave Eiffel - who also contributed to the building of the Statue of Liberty. There are 18,000 pieces in the Eiffel Tower - which had to be built separately and then assembled in place - with rivets - to complete the Tower.

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In 1919, Bessie was 32 years old when 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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