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Bessie Thornton 1909 - 1994

Bessie Thornton of Lagrange, Troup County, GA was born on October 10, 1909, and died at age 84 years old on July 11, 1994.

Bessie Thornton

Lagrange, Troup County, GA 30240

October 10, 1909

July 11, 1994

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In 1909, in the year that Bessie Thornton was born, the NAACP was founded by W. E. B. Du Bois. The organization focused on legal strategies designed to confront the critical civil rights issues of the day - which included lynching and segregation in schools. The goal was to secure for all people the rights guaranteed in the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the United States Constitution.

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In 1921, when she was merely 12 years old, hugely popular Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, silent film star, was arrested for rape and manslaughter after an actress died following a party at his house. He was acquitted after three trials and the jury wrote a formal letter apologizing for the charges, but his career never recovered. His films were at first banned - the ban was lifted after a year - and he was mostly ostracized by the community. He died at 46..

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