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Vannis Jennings 1933 - 2008

Vannis Jennings of Greeneville, Greene County, TN was born on December 18, 1933, and died at age 74 years old on October 19, 2008.
Vannis Jennings
Greeneville, Greene County, TN 37743
December 18, 1933
October 19, 2008
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Vannis Jennings' History: 1933 - 2008

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  • 12/18
    1933

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    December 18, 1933
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  • 10/19
    2008

    Death

    October 19, 2008
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    Vannis Jennings lived 2 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 74.
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In 1933, in the year that Vannis Jennings was born, the day after being inaugurated, the new President, Franklin Roosevelt, declared a four-day bank holiday to stop people from withdrawing their money from shaky banks (the bank run). Within 5 days of his administration, the Emergency Banking Act was passed - reorganizing banks and closing insolvent ones. In his first 100 days, he asked Congress to repeal Prohibition (which they did), signed the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, signed legislation that paid commodity farmers to leave their fields fallow, thus ending surpluses and boosting prices, signed a bill that gave workers the right to unionize and bargain collectively for higher wages and better working conditions as well as suspending some antitrust laws and establishing a federally funded Public Works Administration, and won passage of 12 other major laws that helped the economy.
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In 1962, Vannis was 29 years old when on October 1st, African-American James H. Meredith, escorted by federal marshals, registered at the University of Mississippi - becoming the first African-American student admitted to the segregated college. He had been inspired by President Kennedy's inaugural address to apply for admission.
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