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Letha Rester 1897 - 1984

Letha Rester of Poplarville, Pearl River County, Mississippi was born on February 13, 1897, and died at age 86 years old in January 1984.
Letha Rester
Poplarville, Pearl River County, Mississippi 39470
February 13, 1897
January 1984
Female
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Letha Rester's History: 1897 - 1984

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    1897

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    February 13, 1897
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  • 01/dd
    1984

    Death

    January 1984
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    Letha Rester lived 16 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 86.
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In 1897, in the year that Letha Rester was born, on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".
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In 1909, she was just 12 years old when the NAACP was founded by W. E. B. Du Bois. The organization focused on legal strategies designed to confront the critical civil rights issues of the day - which included lynching and segregation in schools. The goal was to secure for all people the rights guaranteed in the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the United States Constitution.
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