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Bessie Smith 1903 - 1974

Bessie Smith of Jena, La Salle County, Louisiana was born on February 13, 1903, and died at age 71 years old in October 1974.

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Jena, La Salle County, Louisiana 71342
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In 1903, in the year that Bessie Smith was born, the book The Souls of Black Folk, written by W. E. B. Du Bois, was published. Containing several essays on the African-American experience in America, much of the book was based on Du Bois' own life. The book was one of the very early works in the science of sociology.
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In 1922, by the time she was 19 years old, on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.
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Smith, Catherine (Born Apr 29, 1854) Smith, Jane (Sep 12, 1823 - Jul 30, 1892) Smith, Andrew (Born Mar 8, 1846) Matheny-Smith, Ruby Smith, Clark Smith, Francis (Born 1861) Smith-Brown, Bernice Smith, Angus (Born 1859) Smith, Roderick (Born May 29, 1891) Smith, On the Right Mary (Born Nov 10, 1935)
Smith, Louise (Born Aug 7, 1914) Smith, George (Born Jul 18, 1885) Smith, Harvey (Born 1883) Neal-Smith, Elizabeth (Born 1890) Smith, Margaret (Born Mar 7, 1921) Smith, Eugene Barthel, Alice (Born Nov 17, 1913) Smith, Stanley (Born 1925) Ferguson, Catherine  (Apr 30, 1854 - Feb 7, 1930) Smith, Bill
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