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Edgar W Cates 1905 - 1988

Edgar W Cates of Sharon, Walworth County, WI was born on October 15, 1905, and died at age 82 years old on February 11, 1988.
Edgar W Cates
Sharon, Walworth County, WI 53585
October 15, 1905
February 11, 1988
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  • 10/15
    1905

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    October 15, 1905
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  • 02/11
    1988

    Death

    February 11, 1988
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    Edgar W Cates lived 10 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 82.
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In 1905, in the year that Edgar W Cates 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 1941, at the age of 36 years old, Edgar was alive when on June 25th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8802, prohibiting racial discrimination in the defense industry. EO 8802 was the first federal action to prohibit employment discrimination - without prejudice as to "race, creed, color, or national origin" - in the U.S. Civil Rights groups had planned a march on Washington D.C. to protest for equal rights but with the signing of the Order, they canceled the March.
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