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Rufus Riley 1905 - 1975

Rufus Riley of Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania was born on December 24, 1905, and died at age 69 years old in February 1975.
Rufus Riley
Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania 16503
December 24, 1905
February 1975
Male
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    1905

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    December 24, 1905
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  • 02/dd
    1975

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    February 1975
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    Rufus Riley lived 2 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 69.
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In 1905, in the year that Rufus Riley 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 1915, at the age of just 10 years old, Rufus was alive when The Birth of a Nation opened in February. A silent film, it was the most ambitious film to date and is considered a classic. Three hours long, it starred Lillian Gish and was directed by D. W. Griffith. The movie was based on the book The Clansman and told the story of two families (one pro-Union and one pro-Confederate) and their relationship during the Civil War and Reconstruction. The KKK was shown as "a heroic force".
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