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Essie F Porterfield 1904 - 1996

Essie F Porterfield of Knoxville, Knox County, TN was born on July 3, 1904, and died at age 91 years old on May 21, 1996.
Essie F Porterfield
Knoxville, Knox County, TN 37917
July 3, 1904
May 21, 1996
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  • 07/3
    1904

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    July 3, 1904
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  • 05/21
    1996

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    May 21, 1996
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    Essie F Porterfield lived 18 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 91.
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In 1904, in the year that Essie F Porterfield was born, the United States acquired the Panama Canal Zone. Now an unincorporated territory of the U.S., the Canal Zone had been previously held by the French, who were constructing a canal. The U.S. took over the construction of the Panama Canal and it was finally finished in 1914, when it was opened to commercial shipping. The United States held the Canal Zone until 1979.
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In 1917, she was merely 13 years old 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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