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Ezra Downs 1905 - 1999

Ezra Downs of Jonesboro, Craighead County, AR was born on January 24, 1905, and died at age 94 years old on February 25, 1999.
Ezra Downs
Jonesboro, Craighead County, AR 72401
January 24, 1905
February 25, 1999
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  • 01/24
    1905

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    January 24, 1905
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  • 02/25
    1999

    Death

    February 25, 1999
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    Ezra Downs lived 22 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 94.
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In 1905, in the year that Ezra Downs 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 1944, Ezra was 39 years old when on June 6th, the largest amphibious invasion in history was launched - the Normandy landing (called D-Day). Soldiers from the United States, Britain, Canada, and the Free French landed on Normandy Beach and were later joined by Poland, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Greece, and the Netherlands. Almost 5,000 landing and assault craft, 289 escort vessels, and 277 minesweepers were involved. Nearly 160,000 troops crossed the English Channel on D-Day - Allied casualties on the first day were at least 10,000. 4,414 were confirmed dead.
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