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Ruth Rigsby 1909 - 1998

Ruth Rigsby of Dallas, Dallas County, TX was born on March 7, 1909, and died at age 88 years old on March 1, 1998.
Ruth Rigsby
Dallas, Dallas County, TX 75234
March 7, 1909
March 1, 1998
Female
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  • 03/7
    1909

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    March 7, 1909
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  • 03/1
    1998

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    March 1, 1998
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    Ruth Rigsby lived 18 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 88.
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In 1909, in the year that Ruth Rigsby was born, the NAACP was founded by W. E. B. Du Bois. The organization focused on legal strategies designed to confront the critical civil rights issues of the day - which included lynching and segregation in schools. The goal was to secure for all people the rights guaranteed in the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the United States Constitution.
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In 1925, by the time she was 16 years old, in July, the Scopes Trial - often called the Scopes Monkey Trial - took place, prosecuting a substitute teacher for teaching evolution in school. Tennessee had enacted a law that said it was "unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school". William Jennings Bryan headed the prosecution and Clarence Darrow headed the defense. The teacher was found guilty and fined $100. An appeal to the Supreme Court of Tennessee upheld the law but overturned the guilty verdict.
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