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Bennie Mayfield 1902 - 1986

Bennie Mayfield of Newport News, Newport News City County, VA was born on March 5, 1902, and died at age 84 years old in December 1986.
Bennie Mayfield
Newport News, Newport News City County, VA 23607
March 5, 1902
December 1986
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    1902

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    March 5, 1902
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  • 12/dd
    1986

    Death

    December 1986
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    Bennie Mayfield lived 13 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 84.
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In 1902, in the year that Bennie Mayfield was born, the world famous Italian tenor, Enrico Caruso, made the first gramophone recording by a popular singer. Accompanied by only a piano, his voice recordings became a big seller and did much to popularize the new-fangled gramophone. He had to sing into a metal "horn" that relayed his voice to a metal disc. And the songs had to be under 4 and a half minutes!
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In 1941, at the age of 39 years old, Bennie was alive when on June 25th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8802, prohibiting racial discrimination in the defense industry. EO 8802 was the first federal action to prohibit employment discrimination - without prejudice as to "race, creed, color, or national origin" - in the U.S. Civil Rights groups had planned a march on Washington D.C. to protest for equal rights but with the signing of the Order, they canceled the March.
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