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Opal Pauline Hightower 1917 - 2011

Opal Pauline Hightower of Bryan, Brazos County, Texas was born on November 9, 1917, and died at age 93 years old on May 1, 2011.
Opal Pauline Hightower
Bryan, Brazos County, Texas 77808
November 9, 1917
May 1, 2011
Female
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  • 11/9
    1917

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    November 9, 1917
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  • 05/1
    2011

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    May 1, 2011
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    Opal Pauline Hightower lived 23 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 93.
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In 1917, in the year that Opal Pauline Hightower 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 1941, she was 24 years old when on June 25th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8802, prohibiting racial discrimination in the defense industry. EO 8802 was the first federal action to prohibit employment discrimination - without prejudice as to "race, creed, color, or national origin" - in the U.S. Civil Rights groups had planned a march on Washington D.C. to protest for equal rights but with the signing of the Order, they canceled the March.
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