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Ben Shields 1917 - 1981

Ben Shields of Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky was born on September 15, 1917, and died at age 63 years old in February 1981.

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In 1917, in the year that Ben Shields 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 1933, at the age of 16 years old, Ben was alive when on December 5th, the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified. The 21st Amendment said "The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed." Alcohol was legal again! It was the only amendment to the Constitution approved for the explicit purpose of repealing a previously existing amendment. South Carolina was the only state to reject the Amendment.
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Shields, Ben (May 9, 1900 - Nov 1962) Shields, Ben (Jul 14, 1907 - Jan 1966) Shields, Ben (May 10, 1918 - Oct 5, 1991) Shields, Ben (Feb 28, 1890 - Aug 15, 1974) Shields, Ben (Oct 10, 1917 - Jul 25, 2009)
Shields, Ben (Mar 7, 1923 - Jun 1987) Shields, Ben (Apr 19, 1929 - Jan 1975) Shields, Ben (Jun 17, 1903 - Jan 1982) Shields, Ben (Apr 8, 1899 - Jun 1985) Shields, Ben (Jan 14, 1885 - Feb 1968)

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Shields, Sarah (Born Apr 29, 1857) Shields-Hannigan-Munroe, Ella Shields, Dorothy (Born Jan 16, 1916) Shields, Clyde (Born 1920) Shields, Ella (Born Sep 16, 1875) Shields, Olin (Dec 6, 1882 - Oct 1962) Shields, Josephine (Nov 30, 1916 - Nov 8, 1996) Shields, Marie (May 1, 1922 - Oct 1979) Shields, Flora (Oct 10, 1919 - Jun 18, 2009) Shields, Helen (Jun 6, 1896 - Aug 1973)
Shields, Arlene (Sep 1, 1923 - Apr 27, 2006) Shields, Joseph (Oct 13, 1911 - Feb 25, 2005) Shields, John (Jun 10, 1876 - Nov 15, 1966) Shields, Bernice (Sep 20, 1903 - May 28, 1991) Shields, Velma (Apr 8, 1924 - May 17, 2009) Shields, William (Sep 24, 1931 - May 26, 2011) Shields, Hartley (Jul 30, 1916 - Dec 1973) Shields, Edward (Jan 5, 1917 - Jan 29, 1993) Shields, Vernon (Dec 16, 1921 - Aug 1977) Shields, John (Jun 7, 1902 - Sep 20, 1991)
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