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Dorothy J Pelton 1923 - 1999

Dorothy J Pelton of Louisville, Jefferson County, KY was born on November 18, 1923, and died at age 75 years old on June 7, 1999.
Dorothy J Pelton
Louisville, Jefferson County, KY 40220
November 18, 1923
June 7, 1999
Female
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  • 11/18
    1923

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    November 18, 1923
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  • 06/7
    1999

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    June 7, 1999
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    Dorothy J Pelton lived 2 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 75.
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In 1923, in the year that Dorothy J Pelton was born, 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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In 1943, Dorothy was 20 years old when on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.
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