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Ruby W Benefield 1923 - 2007

Ruby W Benefield of Sylacauga, Talladega County, AL was born on July 26, 1923, and died at age 83 years old on May 22, 2007.
Ruby W Benefield
Sylacauga, Talladega County, AL 35150
July 26, 1923
May 22, 2007
Female
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  • 07/26
    1923

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    July 26, 1923
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  • 05/22
    2007

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    May 22, 2007
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    Ruby W Benefield lived 13 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 83.
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In 1923, in the year that Ruby W Benefield was born, 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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In 1943, by the time she was 20 years old, on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.
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