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Riva Drapkin 1905 - 1994

Riva Drapkin of Forest Hills, Queens County, NY was born on June 15, 1905, and died at age 88 years old on February 15, 1994.
Riva Drapkin
Forest Hills, Queens County, NY 11375
June 15, 1905
February 15, 1994
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  • 06/15
    1905

    Birthday

    June 15, 1905
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  • 02/15
    1994

    Death

    February 15, 1994
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    Riva Drapkin lived 13 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 88.
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In 1905, in the year that Riva Drapkin was born, 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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In 1934, she was 29 years old when on July 22nd, gangster John Dillinger was killed in Chicago. His gang had robbed banks and police stations, among other charges, and he was being hunted by J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI - although many in the public saw him as a "Robin Hood". A madam from a brothel in which he was hiding became an informer for the FBI and, after a shootout with FBI agents, Dillinger was shot and died.
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