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Essie Cartwright 1917 - 1981

Essie Cartwright was born on July 17, 1917, and died at age 63 years old in February 1981. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Essie Cartwright.
Essie Cartwright
July 17, 1917
February 1981
Female
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  • 07/17
    1917

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    July 17, 1917
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  • 02/dd
    1981

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    February 1981
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    Essie Cartwright lived 9 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 63.
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In 1917, in the year that Essie Cartwright was born, 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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In 1952, she was 35 years old when on July 2, Dr. Jonas E. Salk tested the first dead-virus polio vaccine on 43 children. The worst epidemic of polio had broken out that year - in the U.S. there were 58,000 cases reported. Of these, 3,145 people had died and 21,269 were left with mild to disabling paralysis.
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