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Rollen Downing 1905 - 1988

Rollen Downing of Union City, Obion County, TN was born on August 2, 1905, and died at age 82 years old on June 27, 1988.
Rollen Downing
Union City, Obion County, TN 38261
August 2, 1905
June 27, 1988
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  • 08/2
    1905

    Birthday

    August 2, 1905
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  • 06/27
    1988

    Death

    June 27, 1988
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    Cause of death
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    Rollen Downing lived 9 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 82.
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In 1905, in the year that Rollen Downing 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 1934, this person was 29 years old when on July 22nd, gangster John Dillinger was killed in Chicago. His gang had robbed banks and police stations, among other charges, and he was being hunted by J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI - although many in the public saw him as a "Robin Hood". A madam from a brothel in which he was hiding became an informer for the FBI and, after a shootout with FBI agents, Dillinger was shot and died.
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