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Essie B Canty 1905 - 1994

Essie B Canty of Rochester, Monroe County, NY was born on September 17, 1905, and died at age 89 years old on December 28, 1994.
Essie B Canty
Rochester, Monroe County, NY 14611
September 17, 1905
December 28, 1994
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  • 09/17
    1905

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    September 17, 1905
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  • 12/28
    1994

    Death

    December 28, 1994
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    Essie B Canty lived 20 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 89.
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In 1905, in the year that Essie B Canty 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 1917, at the age of only 12 years old, Essie was alive when on July 28, between ten and fifteen thousand blacks silently walked down New York City's Fifth Avenue to protest racial discrimination and violence. Lynchings in Waco Texas and hundreds of African-Americans killed in East St. Louis Illinois had sparked the protest. Picket signs said "Mother, do lynchers go to heaven?" "Mr. President, why not make America safe for democracy?" "Thou shalt not kill." "Pray for the Lady Macbeth's of East St. Louis" and "Give us a chance to live."
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