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Vernelle M Merritt 1917 - 2006

Vernelle M Merritt of Gainesville, Hall County, GA was born on February 11, 1917, and died at age 89 years old on December 5, 2006.
Vernelle M Merritt
Gainesville, Hall County, GA 30501
February 11, 1917
December 5, 2006
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  • 02/11
    1917

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    February 11, 1917
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  • 12/5
    2006

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    December 5, 2006
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    Vernelle M Merritt lived 17 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 89.
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In 1917, in the year that Vernelle M Merritt 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 1921, Vernelle was merely 4 years old when hugely popular Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, silent film star, was arrested for rape and manslaughter after an actress died following a party at his house. He was acquitted after three trials and the jury wrote a formal letter apologizing for the charges, but his career never recovered. His films were at first banned - the ban was lifted after a year - and he was mostly ostracized by the community. He died at 46..
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