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Orpha M Roberson 1917 - 1994

Orpha M Roberson of Louisville, Jefferson County, KY was born on April 27, 1917, and died at age 77 years old on August 13, 1994.
Orpha M Roberson
Louisville, Jefferson County, KY 40220
April 27, 1917
August 13, 1994
Female
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  • 04/27
    1917

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    April 27, 1917
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  • 08/13
    1994

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    August 13, 1994
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    Orpha M Roberson lived 7 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 77.
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In 1917, in the year that Orpha M Roberson was born, in April, the U.S. entered World War I, declaring war against Germany. President Wilson had previously declared neutrality in the war - a position supported by the majority of Americans - but after Germany declared that they would sink all ships trading with Great Britain and sunk U.S. ships, public opinion began to change. Then the Lusitania was sunk, killing 1,201 - including 128 Americans - and more U.S. ships were sunk. The U.S. could stand aside no longer.
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In 1964, Orpha was 47 years old when in June, three young civil rights workers - Andrew Goodman and Mickey Schwerner from New York City, and James Chaney from Meridian, Mississippi - were kidnapped and murdered in Mississippi. Working with "Freedom Summer", they were registering African-Americans to vote in the Southern states. Their bodies were found two months later. Although it was discovered that the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, the Neshoba County Sheriff's Office and the Philadelphia, Mississippi Police Department were involved, only 7 men were convicted and served less than six years.
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