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Ortis J Holmes 1909 - 1999

Ortis J Holmes of Alexandria, Douglas County, MN was born on December 19, 1909, and died at age 89 years old on February 27, 1999.
Ortis J Holmes
Alexandria, Douglas County, MN 56308
December 19, 1909
February 27, 1999
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  • 12/19
    1909

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    December 19, 1909
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  • 02/27
    1999

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    February 27, 1999
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    Ortis J Holmes lived 17 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 89.
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In 1909, in the year that Ortis J Holmes was born, the NAACP was founded by W. E. B. Du Bois. The organization focused on legal strategies designed to confront the critical civil rights issues of the day - which included lynching and segregation in schools. The goal was to secure for all people the rights guaranteed in the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the United States Constitution.
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In 1918, Ortis was merely 9 years old when on November 1, an elevated train on the Brooklyn line of the subway - driven by an inexperienced operator because of a strike - tried to navigate a turn at 30mph. The limit on the curve was 6 mph. The 2nd and 3rd cars of the 5 car wooden train were badly damaged and at least 93 people were killed, making it the deadliest crash in New York subway history.
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