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Ruth J Shelton 1905 - 2003

Ruth J Shelton of Eagle Creek, Clackamas County, OR was born on September 18, 1905, and died at age 97 years old on April 20, 2003.
Ruth J Shelton
Eagle Creek, Clackamas County, OR 97022
September 18, 1905
April 20, 2003
Female
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  • 09/18
    1905

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    September 18, 1905
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  • 04/20
    2003

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    April 20, 2003
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In 1905, in the year that Ruth J Shelton 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 1957, Ruth was 52 years old when on September 24th, the "Little Rock Nine" (nine African-American students) entered Little Rock High School. Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus had previously prevented the students from entering the school at the beginning of the term with the Arkansas National Guard - they blocked the door. President Eisenhower ordered federal troops - the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army - to guard the students and allow them entry.
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