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Melva Barker 1890 - 1966

Melva Barker of Demotte, Jasper County, Indiana was born on October 9, 1890, and died at age 75 years old in September 1966.
Melva Barker
Demotte, Jasper County, Indiana 46310
October 9, 1890
September 1966
Female
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Melva Barker's History: 1890 - 1966

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  • 10/9
    1890

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    October 9, 1890
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  • 09/dd
    1966

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    September 1966
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    Melva Barker lived 2 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 75.
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In 1890, in the year that Melva Barker was born, on December 29th, the Wounded Knee Massacre occurred in South Dakota on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation . The U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment said that they rode into the Lakota camp "trying to disarm" the inhabitants. One person, Black Coyote - who was deaf - held onto his rifle, saying that he paid a lot of money for it. Shots rang out and by the end at least 153 Lakota Sioux - some estimates say 300 - and 25 troops had died. The site of the massacre is a National Historic Landmark.
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In 1909, by the time she was 19 years old, the NAACP was founded by W. E. B. Du Bois. The organization focused on legal strategies designed to confront the critical civil rights issues of the day - which included lynching and segregation in schools. The goal was to secure for all people the rights guaranteed in the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the United States Constitution.
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