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Essie L James 1921 - 1993

Essie L James of Chicago, Cook County, IL was born on September 8, 1921, and died at age 71 years old in April 1993.
Essie L James
Chicago, Cook County, IL 60621
September 8, 1921
April 1993
Female
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Essie L James' History: 1921 - 1993

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  • 09/8
    1921

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    September 8, 1921
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  • 04/dd
    1993

    Death

    April 1993
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    Essie L James lived exactly as long as the average family member when died at the age of 71.
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In 1921, in the year that Essie L James was born, on November 11th, the first burial was held at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. The body of an unknown soldier - selected by Army Sgt. Edward F. Younger who was highly decorated for valor and received the Distinguished Service Cross in "The Great War" - was brought back from France (World War 1) and placed in the newly completed tomb. President Warren G. Harding officiated at the interment ceremonies.
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In 1964, she was 43 years old when in June, three young civil rights workers - Andrew Goodman and Mickey Schwerner from New York City, and James Chaney from Meridian, Mississippi - were kidnapped and murdered in Mississippi. Working with "Freedom Summer", they were registering African-Americans to vote in the Southern states. Their bodies were found two months later. Although it was discovered that the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, the Neshoba County Sheriff's Office and the Philadelphia, Mississippi Police Department were involved, only 7 men were convicted and served less than six years.
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