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Claude Jenkins 1905 - 2003

Claude Jenkins of Augusta, Richmond County, GA was born on April 24, 1905, and died at age 98 years old on December 8, 2003.
Claude Jenkins
Augusta, Richmond County, GA 30904
April 24, 1905
December 8, 2003
Male
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Claude Jenkins' History: 1905 - 2003

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  • 04/24
    1905

    Birthday

    April 24, 1905
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Negro, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Jefferson County, Alabama United States
  • Early Life & Education

    Grammar School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 34555859 Enlisted: November 17, 1942 in Ft Benning Georgia Military branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, Usa Rank: Private, Selectees (enlisted Men) Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For The Duration Of The War Or Other Emergency, Plus Six Months, Subject To The Discretion Of The President Or Otherwise According To Law
  • Professional Career

    Semiskilled Miners, And Mining-machine Operators
  • 12/8
    2003

    Death

    December 8, 2003
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
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In 1905, in the year that Claude Jenkins was born, 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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In 1925, he was 20 years old when in July, the Scopes Trial - often called the Scopes Monkey Trial - took place, prosecuting a substitute teacher for teaching evolution in school. Tennessee had enacted a law that said it was "unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school". William Jennings Bryan headed the prosecution and Clarence Darrow headed the defense. The teacher was found guilty and fined $100. An appeal to the Supreme Court of Tennessee upheld the law but overturned the guilty verdict.
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