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Lela Thompson 1898 - 1984

Lela Thompson of Prentiss, Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi was born on June 5, 1898, and died at age 85 years old in February 1984.
Lela Thompson
Prentiss, Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi 39474
June 5, 1898
February 1984
Female
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Lela Thompson's History: 1898 - 1984

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  • 06/5
    1898

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    June 5, 1898
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  • 02/dd
    1984

    Death

    February 1984
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Lela Thompson lived 13 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 85.
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In 1898, in the year that Lela Thompson was born, on February 15th, the USS Maine exploded and sank in Havana harbor. The reason for the explosion has never been found, but it killed 266 men. "Remember the Maine" became a rallying cry and precipitated the United States' declaration of war on Spain two months later - the beginning of the Spanish-American War. On December 10th, the war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. The Treaty gave the U.S. Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Guam - for $20 million - and, temporarily, Cuba.
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In 1905, when she was only 7 years old, 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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