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Opie Cole 1910 - 1977

Opie Cole of Leicester, Buncombe County, North Carolina was born on January 31, 1910, and died at age 67 years old in May 1977.
Opie Cole
Leicester, Buncombe County, North Carolina 28748
January 31, 1910
May 1977
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Opie Cole's History: 1910 - 1977

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  • 01/31
    1910

    Birthday

    January 31, 1910
    Birthdate
    Unknown
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  • 05/dd
    1977

    Death

    May 1977
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Opie Cole lived 5 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 67.
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In 1910, in the year that Opie Cole was born, the Mann Act, also called the White-Slave Traffic Act, was signed into law. Its purpose was to make it a felony to engage in interstate or foreign commerce transport of "any woman or girl for the purpose of prostitution or debauchery, or for any other immoral purpose". But the language was so broad that it was also applied to consensual sex between adults when wished.
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In 1925, when this person was merely 15 years old, in July, the Scopes Trial - often called the Scopes Monkey Trial - took place, prosecuting a substitute teacher for teaching evolution in school. Tennessee had enacted a law that said it was "unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school". William Jennings Bryan headed the prosecution and Clarence Darrow headed the defense. The teacher was found guilty and fined $100. An appeal to the Supreme Court of Tennessee upheld the law but overturned the guilty verdict.
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