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Vesta Atkins 1909 - 1982

Vesta Atkins of Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia was born on May 9, 1909, and died at age 72 years old in February 1982.
Vesta Atkins
Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia 23901
May 9, 1909
February 1982
Female
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Vesta Atkins' History: 1909 - 1982

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  • 05/9
    1909

    Birthday

    May 9, 1909
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  • 02/dd
    1982

    Death

    February 1982
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    Vesta Atkins lived 1 year longer than the average family member when died at the age of 72.
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In 1909, in the year that Vesta Atkins 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 1919, when she was merely 10 years old, in the summer and early autumn, race riots erupted in 26 U.S. cities, resulting in hundreds of deaths and even more people being badly hurt. In most cases, African-Americans were the victims. It was called the "Red Summer". Men who were returning from World War I needed jobs and there was competition for those jobs among the races. Tension was heightened by the use by many companies of blacks as strikebreakers.
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