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Helen Palka 1917 - 1999

Helen Palka of Tarrytown, Westchester County, NY was born on January 21, 1917, and died at age 82 years old on September 13, 1999.

Helen Palka

Tarrytown, Westchester County, NY 10591

January 21, 1917

September 13, 1999

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1917

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January 21, 1917

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1999

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September 13, 1999

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In 1917, in the year that Helen Palka was born, on July 28, between ten and fifteen thousand blacks silently walked down New York City's Fifth Avenue to protest racial discrimination and violence. Lynchings in Waco Texas and hundreds of African-Americans killed in East St. Louis Illinois had sparked the protest. Picket signs said "Mother, do lynchers go to heaven?" "Mr. President, why not make America safe for democracy?" "Thou shalt not kill." "Pray for the Lady Macbeth's of East St. Louis" and "Give us a chance to live."

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In 1926, when she was merely 9 years old, on November 15th, NBC was founded. It was the U.S.'s first major broadcast network. Ownership of the network was split between RCA (a majority partner at 50%), its founding corporate parent General Electric (which owned 30%), and Westinghouse (which owned the remaining 20%).

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