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Ora Simms 1892 - 1977

Ora Simms of Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky was born on August 18, 1892, and died at age 84 years old in July 1977.
Ora Simms
Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky 42301
August 18, 1892
July 1977
Female
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Ora Simms' History: 1892 - 1977

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    1892

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    August 18, 1892
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  • 07/dd
    1977

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    July 1977
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    Ora Simms lived 13 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 84.
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In 1892, in the year that Ora Simms was born, on October 12th, the "Pledge of Allegiance" was first recited in unison by students in U.S. public schools. Composed the previous August by Francis Bellamy, it was to be recited in 15 seconds and originally read: "I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." "Under God" was added in the 1950's.
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In 1905, Ora was just 13 years old when 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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