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Bessie Smith 1896 - 1981

Bessie Smith of King, Stokes County, North Carolina was born on August 16, 1896, and died at age 85 years old in August 1981.
Bessie Smith
King, Stokes County, North Carolina 27021
August 16, 1896
August 1981
Female
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    1896

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    August 16, 1896
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    1981

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    August 1981
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    Bessie Smith lived 12 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 84.
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In 1896, in the year that Bessie Smith was born, on May 18th, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson. By a vote of 7 to 1, the Court upheld state racial segregation laws, introducing the idea of "separate but equal" facilities for races.
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In 1909, Bessie was only 13 years old when William Howard Taft became the 27th President of the United States on March 4th. Previously Secretary of War, Judge on the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, Solicitor General of the U.S., and Governor of both the Philippines and Cuba, Taft was the only President who went on to become Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
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