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Gladys Powell 1905 - 2007

Gladys Powell of Chicago, Cook County, IL was born on April 4, 1905, and died at age 102 years old on May 27, 2007.
Gladys Powell
Chicago, Cook County, IL 60628
April 4, 1905
May 27, 2007
Female
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Gladys Powell's History: 1905 - 2007

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  • 04/4
    1905

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    April 4, 1905
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  • 05/27
    2007

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    May 27, 2007
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    Gladys Powell lived 31 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 102.
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In 1905, in the year that Gladys Powell 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 1957, she was 52 years old when on September 24th, the "Little Rock Nine" (nine African-American students) entered Little Rock High School. Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus had previously prevented the students from entering the school at the beginning of the term with the Arkansas National Guard - they blocked the door. President Eisenhower ordered federal troops - the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army - to guard the students and allow them entry.
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