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Mignon Best 1905 - 1986

Mignon Best of Springfield Gardens, Queens County, NY was born on May 31, 1905, and died at age 81 years old in November 1986.
Mignon Best
Springfield Gardens, Queens County, NY 11413
May 31, 1905
November 1986
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Mignon Best's History: 1905 - 1986

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  • 05/31
    1905

    Birthday

    May 31, 1905
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  • 11/dd
    1986

    Death

    November 1986
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    Mignon Best lived 8 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 81.
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In 1905, in the year that Mignon Best 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 1921, she was 16 years old when on November 11th, the first burial was held at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. The body of an unknown soldier - selected by Army Sgt. Edward F. Younger who was highly decorated for valor and received the Distinguished Service Cross in "The Great War" - was brought back from France (World War 1) and placed in the newly completed tomb. President Warren G. Harding officiated at the interment ceremonies.
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