"Miss Estelle" was born to Mr.and Mrs. Theodore (Margaret Sneed) Blacknall. Having been a survivor of the Great Depression and segregation, she was forced to witness a lynching with her Georgia-born husband and other train passengers on a wedding trip to his hometown. She remembered being forbidden to use toilets in the houses she cleaned.
Anyone who refused to exercise the hard won right to vote was "not a citizen", she declared to any youth she cared for after years of domestic work. She also cautioned youth to learn from tragedies such as Leopold and Loeb selecting and luring a younger child to kill, as well as the Emmett Till murder.
When she needed to apply for Social Security, her actual birthdate of June 10, 1910 in a Bible was not considered over the census estimate of 1908. Her maiden name was "Blacknall" and not "Blackwell" as agencies recorded it for her family. She was survived by siblings, nephews, nieces and other relatives.
Anyone who refused to exercise the hard won right to vote was "not a citizen", she declared to any youth she cared for after years of domestic work. She also cautioned youth to learn from tragedies such as Leopold and Loeb selecting and luring a younger child to kill, as well as the Emmett Till murder.
When she needed to apply for Social Security, her actual birthdate of June 10, 1910 in a Bible was not considered over the census estimate of 1908. Her maiden name was "Blacknall" and not "Blackwell" as agencies recorded it for her family. She was survived by siblings, nephews, nieces and other relatives.
"Miss Estelle" was born to Mr.and Mrs. Theodore (Margaret Sneed) Blacknall. Having been a survivor of the Great Depression and segregation, she was forced to witness a lynching with her Georgia-born husband and other train passengers on a wedding trip to his hometown. She remembered being forbidden to use toilets in the houses she cleaned.
Anyone who refused to exercise the hard won right to vote was "not a citizen", she declared to any youth she cared for after years of domestic work. She also cautioned youth to learn from tragedies such as Leopold and Loeb selecting and luring a younger child to kill, as well as the Emmett Till murder.
When she needed to apply for Social Security, her actual birthdate of June 10, 1910 in a Bible was not considered over the census estimate of 1908. Her maiden name was "Blacknall" and not "Blackwell" as agencies recorded it for her family. She was survived by siblings, nephews, nieces and other relatives.
Anyone who refused to exercise the hard won right to vote was "not a citizen", she declared to any youth she cared for after years of domestic work. She also cautioned youth to learn from tragedies such as Leopold and Loeb selecting and luring a younger child to kill, as well as the Emmett Till murder.
When she needed to apply for Social Security, her actual birthdate of June 10, 1910 in a Bible was not considered over the census estimate of 1908. Her maiden name was "Blacknall" and not "Blackwell" as agencies recorded it for her family. She was survived by siblings, nephews, nieces and other relatives.
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