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Bessie Peasley 1892 - 1981

Bessie Peasley of Redford, Wayne County, Michigan was born on July 2, 1892, and died at age 89 years old in October 1981.
Bessie Peasley
Redford, Wayne County, Michigan 48240
July 2, 1892
October 1981
Female
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    1892

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    July 2, 1892
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  • 10/dd
    1981

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    October 1981
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    Bessie Peasley lived 15 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 89.
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In 1892, in the year that Bessie Peasley was born, on October 12th, the "Pledge of Allegiance" was first recited in unison by students in U.S. public schools. Composed the previous August by Francis Bellamy, it was to be recited in 15 seconds and originally read: "I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." "Under God" was added in the 1950's.
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In 1905, she was just 13 years old when 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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