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Orval Francis 1917 - 1973

Orval Francis of Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska was born on January 8, 1917, and died at age 56 years old in January 1973.

Orval Francis

Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska 68507

January 8, 1917

January 1973

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Orval Francis lived 17 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 55.

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In 1917, in the year that Orval Francis was born, 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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In 1923, he was only 6 years old when 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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