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Mattie Mays 1895 - 1974

Mattie Mays of Antioch, Contra Costa County, California was born on February 22, 1895, and died at age 79 years old in September 1974.

Mattie Mays

Antioch, Contra Costa County, California 94509

February 22, 1895

September 1974

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In 1895, in the year that Mattie Mays was born, on March 15th, in County Tipperary, Ireland, Michael Cleary killed his wife of 8 years, Bridget, and burned her body. His defense was that his "wife" was a changeling that was left in his real wife's place when she was abducted by fairies. He was nonetheless convicted and imprisoned for manslaughter. He spent 15 years in prison.

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In 1917, at the age of 22 years old, Mattie was alive when 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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