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Ruth Simmons 1905 - 1993

Ruth Simmons of Columbia, Caldwell County, LA was born on February 24, 1905, and died at age 88 years old in April 1993.
Ruth Simmons
Columbia, Caldwell County, LA 71418
February 24, 1905
April 1993
Female
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  • 02/24
    1905

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    February 24, 1905
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  • 04/dd
    1993

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    April 1993
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    Ruth Simmons lived 17 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 88.
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In 1905, in the year that Ruth Simmons 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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