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Lewis Thornton 1905 - 1986

Lewis Thornton of Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa was born on March 13, 1905, and died at age 81 years old in May 1986.

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Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa 52501
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In 1905, in the year that Lewis Thornton 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 1919, he was only 14 years old when in the summer and early autumn, race riots erupted in 26 U.S. cities, resulting in hundreds of deaths and even more people being badly hurt. In most cases, African-Americans were the victims. It was called the "Red Summer". Men who were returning from World War I needed jobs and there was competition for those jobs among the races. Tension was heightened by the use by many companies of blacks as strikebreakers.
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Thornton, Lewis (Mar 31, 1944 - Oct 19, 1987) Thornton, Lewis (Feb 17, 1905 - Feb 1975) Thornton, Lewis (Oct 4, 1929 - Mar 21, 2001) Thornton, Lewis (Mar 27, 1936 - Jan 13, 2000) Thornton, Lewis (Feb 27, 1914 - Mar 28, 2004) Thornton, Lewis (Dec 12, 1900 - Apr 1975) Thornton, Lewis (Nov 1, 1928 - Jul 4, 1995) Thornton, Lewis (Apr 9, 1932 - Aug 9, 2008) Thornton, Lewis (Dec 12, 1886 - Feb 1964) Thornton, Lewis (Nov 3, 1905 - Feb 1972)
Thornton, Lewis (Sep 15, 1928 - Oct 5, 1998) Thornton, Lewis (Aug 3, 1912 - Aug 11, 1995) Thornton, Lewis (Mar 14, 1884 - Sep 1969) Thornton, Lewis (Jul 10, 1919 - May 17, 1969) Thornton, Lewis (Feb 14, 1938 - Dec 22, 1997) Thornton, Lewis (Oct 3, 1915 - Sep 7, 1989) Thornton, Lewis (Jul 27, 1914 - Feb 1985) Thornton, Lewis (Jul 2, 1914 - Apr 14, 2003) Thornton, Lewis (Dec 13, 1928 - Apr 1, 1994) Thornton, Lewis (Aug 13, 1922 - Jul 1969)

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Thornton, Thelma Thornton, Myrtle (Born Apr 9, 1884) Thornton, Irene (Born 1882) Thornton, Madison (Born Jan 10, 1886) Thornton, William (Born 1840) Thornton, Matilda Ann (Born Mar 16, 1843) Thornton, Elon (Born 1844) Thornton, Austin (Born Nov 27, 1846) Thornton, Noah (Born 1856) Thornton, Thomas (Born 1852)
Thornton, Amos (Born Nov 27, 1833) Thornton-Cooper, Georgia? (Born Oct 1856) Thornton, Todd Thornton, Jessica (Born c. Feb 17) Thornton, Randall (Jun 29, 1906 - Sep 22, 1988) Thornton, John (Feb 10, 1895 - Feb 1971) Thornton, Albert (Feb 6, 1900 - Feb 17, 1988) Thornton, Adelbert (Oct 6, 1903 - Jan 29, 1988) Thornton, Marion (Jun 1, 1919 - Oct 15, 2000) Thornton, Norman (Sep 12, 1916 - Feb 1976)
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