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Bennie Runke 1905 - 1978

Bennie Runke of Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona was born on October 2, 1905, and died at age 72 years old in June 1978.
Bennie Runke
Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona 85016
October 2, 1905
June 1978
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    October 2, 1905
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    1978

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    June 1978
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    Bennie Runke lived 3 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 72.
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In 1905, in the year that Bennie Runke 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 1947, Bennie was 42 years old when on April 15th, Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers, playing first base. He was the first black man to play in the Major Leagues. Since the 1880's, professional baseball had been segregated and blacks played in the "Negro leagues". He went on to play for 10 years.
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