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Bessie Lindsey 1905 - 1985

Bessie Lindsey of Frankston, Anderson County, Texas was born on September 17, 1905, and died at age 79 years old in March 1985.
Bessie Lindsey
Frankston, Anderson County, Texas 75763
September 17, 1905
March 1985
Female
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    1905

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    September 17, 1905
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  • 03/dd
    1985

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    March 1985
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    Bessie Lindsey lived 8 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 79.
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In 1905, in the year that Bessie Lindsey 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, at the age of 16 years old, Bessie was alive 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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