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Bessie Humphrey 1905 - 1973

Bessie Humphrey of Bastrop, Morehouse County, Louisiana was born on September 13, 1905, and died at age 67 years old in January 1973.
Bessie Humphrey
Bastrop, Morehouse County, Louisiana 71220
September 13, 1905
January 1973
Female
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Bessie Humphrey's History: 1905 - 1973

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  • 09/13
    1905

    Birthday

    September 13, 1905
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  • 01/dd
    1973

    Death

    January 1973
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    Unknown
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    Bessie Humphrey lived 5 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 67.
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In 1905, in the year that Bessie Humphrey 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 1911, Bessie was merely 6 years old when the first Indianapolis 500 was run in May. Ray Harroun was the winner - he was an engineer and had retired from racing but he came back for this race. After the race, he retired for good. The purse was $27,550 - the largest offered up to that time - and Harroun received $10,000 for first place. His average time was 74.602 mph.
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