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Lafayette Wells 1905 - 1988

Lafayette Wells of Chicago, Cook County, IL was born on October 29, 1905, and died at age 82 years old on October 13, 1988.
Lafayette Wells
Chicago, Cook County, IL 60623
October 29, 1905
October 13, 1988
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Lafayette Wells' History: 1905 - 1988

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  • 10/29
    1905

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    October 29, 1905
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  • 10/13
    1988

    Death

    October 13, 1988
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    Lafayette Wells lived 10 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 82.
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In 1905, in the year that Lafayette Wells 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 1954, Lafayette was 49 years old when on May 17th, the Supreme Court released a decision on Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. The ruling stated that state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students was unconstitutional thus paving the way for integration in schools.
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