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Melvene Spence 1907 - 2004

Melvene Spence was born on March 12, 1907, and died at age 97 years old on November 7, 2004. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Melvene Spence.
Melvene Spence
March 12, 1907
November 7, 2004
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  • 03/12
    1907

    Birthday

    March 12, 1907
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  • 11/7
    2004

    Death

    November 7, 2004
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    Melvene Spence lived 25 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 97.
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In 1907, in the year that Melvene Spence was born, the Monongah coal mining disaster occurred on December 6th, happening at the Fairmont Coal Company’s No. 6 and No. 8 mines.. Over 361 miners were killed. Because there was no breathing apparatus at the time to help rescuers, recovery efforts were greatly hampered. It is considered the worst mining disaster in American history and led to government oversight in mining practices.
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In 1917, by the time this person was only 10 years old, 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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