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Ollie Thigpen 1923 - 2008

Ollie Thigpen was born on November 30, 1923, and died at age 84 years old on July 15, 2008. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Ollie Thigpen.

Ollie Thigpen

November 30, 1923

July 15, 2008

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1923

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November 30, 1923

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2008

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July 15, 2008

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In 1923, in the year that Ollie Thigpen was born, Harlem's Cotton Club opened in New York City. Owned by a bootlegger and gangster, it was a 700 seat speakeasy that catered to a "white only" clientele. But most of the entertainers were African-American and featured some of the best entertainers of the time such as Lena Horne, the Nicholas Brothers, Ethel Waters, and Cab Calloway.

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In 1933, Ollie was merely 10 years old when on December 5th, the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified. The 21st Amendment said "The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed." Alcohol was legal again! It was the only amendment to the Constitution approved for the explicit purpose of repealing a previously existing amendment. South Carolina was the only state to reject the Amendment.

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