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Lester Ragsdale 1909 - 1987

Lester Ragsdale of Elizabeth, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania was born on August 13, 1909, and died at age 78 years old in December 1987.
Lester Ragsdale
Elizabeth, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania 15037
August 13, 1909
December 1987
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Lester Ragsdale's History: 1909 - 1987

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  • 08/13
    1909

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    August 13, 1909
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  • 12/dd
    1987

    Death

    December 1987
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    Lester Ragsdale lived 5 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 78.
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In 1909, in the year that Lester Ragsdale was born, William Howard Taft became the 27th President of the United States on March 4th. Previously Secretary of War, Judge on the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, Solicitor General of the U.S., and Governor of both the Philippines and Cuba, Taft was the only President who went on to become Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
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In 1917, at the age of only 8 years old, Lester was alive when 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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