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Bessie Thornton 1894 - 1981

Bessie Thornton of Christiansburg, Montgomery County, Virginia was born on May 14, 1894, and died at age 87 years old in September 1981.

Bessie Thornton

Christiansburg, Montgomery County, Virginia 24073

May 14, 1894

September 1981

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In 1894, in the year that Bessie Thornton was born, on April 21st, a coal miners' strike closed mines throughout the central United States. The Panic of 1893, and the resulting depression, hit coal miners hard and the miners only struck for 8 weeks - they couldn't afford to live without their wages any longer.

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In 1923, she was 29 years old when Harlem's Cotton Club opened in New York City. Owned by a bootlegger and gangster, it was a 700 seat speakeasy that catered to a "white only" clientele. But most of the entertainers were African-American and featured some of the best entertainers of the time such as Lena Horne, the Nicholas Brothers, Ethel Waters, and Cab Calloway.

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