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Jayne Gessell 1917 - 1983

Jayne Gessell of Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa was born on August 7, 1917, and died at age 65 years old in May 1983.
Jayne Gessell
Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa 51102
August 7, 1917
May 1983
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    1917

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    August 7, 1917
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  • 05/dd
    1983

    Death

    May 1983
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    Jayne Gessell lived 12 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 65.
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In 1917, in the year that Jayne Gessell 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 1950, Jayne was 33 years old when in February, Joe McCarthy gave a speech alleging that he had a list of "members of the Communist Party and members of a spy ring" who worked in the State Department. He went on to chair a committee that investigated not only the State Department but also the administration of President Harry S. Truman, the Voice of America, and the U.S. Army for communist spies - until he was condemned by the U.S. Senate in 1954.
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