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Dorothy Knight 1919 - 2011

Dorothy Knight of Bronx, Bronx County, NY was born on September 3, 1919, and died at age 91 years old on February 21, 2011.
Dorothy Knight
Bronx, Bronx County, NY 10472
September 3, 1919
February 21, 2011
Female
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  • 09/3
    1919

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    September 3, 1919
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  • 02/21
    2011

    Death

    February 21, 2011
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    Dorothy Knight lived 20 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 91.
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In 1919, in the year that Dorothy Knight was born, in the summer and early autumn, race riots erupted in 26 U.S. cities, resulting in hundreds of deaths and even more people being badly hurt. In most cases, African-Americans were the victims. It was called the "Red Summer". Men who were returning from World War I needed jobs and there was competition for those jobs among the races. Tension was heightened by the use by many companies of blacks as strikebreakers.
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In 1923, by the time she was just 4 years old, 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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