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Bennie Tankersley 1917 - 1968

Bennie Tankersley was born on February 27, 1917, and died at age 51 years old in February 1968. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Bennie Tankersley.
Bennie Tankersley
February 27, 1917
February 1968
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Bennie Tankersley's History: 1917 - 1968

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    1917

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    February 27, 1917
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    1968

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    February 1968
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    Bennie Tankersley lived 21 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 50.
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In 1917, in the year that Bennie Tankersley 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 1923, when he was just 6 years old, the Teapot Dome scandal became the subject of an investigation by Senator Walsh and severely damaged the reputation of the Harding administration. Secretary of the Interior Albert Bacon Fall was convicted of accepting bribes from oil companies and became the first Cabinet member to go to prison. At the time, the Teapot Dome scandal was seen as "greatest and most sensational scandal in the history of American politics".
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