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Bennie T Cates 1905 - 1994

Bennie T Cates of Columbia, Maury County, TN was born on October 23, 1905, and died at age 88 years old on March 17, 1994.
Bennie T Cates
Columbia, Maury County, TN 38401
October 23, 1905
March 17, 1994
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  • 10/23
    1905

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    October 23, 1905
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  • 03/17
    1994

    Death

    March 17, 1994
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    Bennie T Cates lived 16 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 88.
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In 1905, in the year that Bennie T Cates 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 1921, Bennie was 16 years old when the silent film The Sheik, directed by George Melford and starring Rudolph Valentino and Agnes Ayres (also featuring Adolphe Menjou) debuted on October 21st. Critics weren't enthusiastic but the public loved it - in the first few weeks 125,000 people had seen the movie - and it eventually exceeded $1 million in ticket sales. And Rudolph Valentino, an Italian American, became the heartthrob of a female generation.
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