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Leona Nelson 1905 - 1971

Leona Nelson of La Grande, Union County, Oregon was born on April 18, 1905, and died at age 66 years old in July 1971.
Leona Nelson
La Grande, Union County, Oregon 97850
April 18, 1905
July 1971
Female
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    1905

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    April 18, 1905
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  • 07/dd
    1971

    Death

    July 1971
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    Leona Nelson lived 7 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 66.
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In 1905, in the year that Leona Nelson 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 1917, by the time she was merely 12 years old, in April, the U.S. entered World War I, declaring war against Germany. President Wilson had previously declared neutrality in the war - a position supported by the majority of Americans - but after Germany declared that they would sink all ships trading with Great Britain and sunk U.S. ships, public opinion began to change. Then the Lusitania was sunk, killing 1,201 - including 128 Americans - and more U.S. ships were sunk. The U.S. could stand aside no longer.
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