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Sophia Retzke 1905 - 1986

Sophia Retzke of South Holland, Cook County, Illinois was born on March 31, 1905, and died at age 81 years old in June 1986.
Sophia Retzke
South Holland, Cook County, Illinois 60473
March 31, 1905
June 1986
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Sophia Retzke's History: 1905 - 1986

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    1905

    Birthday

    March 31, 1905
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  • 06/dd
    1986

    Death

    June 1986
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    Sophia Retzke 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 Sophia Retzke 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 1948, Sophia was 43 years old when on January 30th, Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in New Delhi by a member of a Hindu nationalist party who thought that Gandhi was too accommodating to Muslims. The man, Nathuram Godse, shot Gandhi 3 times. He died immediately. The shooter was tried, convicted, and hung in November 1949.
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