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Thelma Decossas 1905 - 1984

Thelma Decossas of New Orleans, Orleans County, Louisiana was born on August 13, 1905, and died at age 78 years old in May 1984.

Thelma Decossas
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New Orleans, Orleans County, Louisiana 70117
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August 13, 1905
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In 1905, in the year that Thelma Decossas 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 1938, at the age of 33 years old, Thelma was alive when on October 30th, a Sunday, The Mercury Theatre on the Air broadcast Orson Welles' special Halloween show The War of the World's. A clever take on H.G. Wells' novel, the show began with simulated "breaking news" of an invasion by Martians. Because of the realistic nature of the "news," there was a public outcry the next day, calling for regulation by the FCC. Although the current story is that many were fooled and panicked, in reality very few people were fooled. But the show made Orson Welles' career.
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Decossas, August (Jul 12, 1898 - Jan 1964) Decossas, Pierre (Jan 17, 1903 - Mar 1978) Decossas, Cecilia (Sep 8, 1898 - May 1981) Decossas, Anna (May 21, 1894 - Mar 1978) Decossas, Jeanne (Oct 21, 1906 - Aug 1984) Decossas, Kenneth (Aug 14, 1925 - Jul 5, 2003)
Decossas, Henry (Feb 10, 1912 - Jul 19, 2002) Decossas, Vernon (May 30, 1916 - Apr 1981) Decossas, Ethel (Mar 25, 1905 - Mar 1972) Decossas, Edward (Jun 9, 1914 - Oct 25, 1999) Decossas, Catherine (Oct 11, 1915 - May 25, 2001)
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