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  2. John Spratt - Wikipedia

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    Recorded January 17, 2007. John McKee Spratt Jr. (born November 1, 1942) is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for South Carolina's 5th congressional district from 1983 to 2011. The 5th Congressional District covers all or part of 14 counties in north-central South Carolina. The largest cities are Rock Hill and Sumter.

  3. Moore's Ford lynchings - Wikipedia

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    The Moore's Ford lynchings, also known as the 1946 Georgia lynching, refers to the July 25, 1946, murders of four young African Americans by a mob of white men. Tradition says that the murders were committed on Moore's Ford Bridge in Walton and Oconee counties between Monroe and Watkinsville, but the four victims, two married couples, were shot ...

  4. Richard Henry Pratt - Wikipedia

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    Signature. Brigadier General Richard Henry Pratt (December 6, 1840 – March 15, 1924) [1] was an American military general who founded and was longtime superintendent of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School at Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Pratt is associated with the first recorded use of the word " racism ," which he used in 1902 to criticize ...

  5. Mourners to remember Olivia Pratt-Korbel with ‘splash of pink ...

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    Nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel will be remembered with a “splash of pink” as her funeral is held. The funeral mass for the schoolgirl, who was shot at her home in Dovecot, Liverpool, will ...

  6. Lawton Leroy Pratt - Wikipedia

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    Lawton Leroy Pratt (1886–1943) was an American businessman, mortician, and funeral director. He and his wife owned a prosperous undertaking business, L. L. Pratt Undertaking in the LaVilla neighborhood in Jacksonville, Florida. History. Lawson Leroy Pratt was the second African American mortician licensed in Florida and began business in 1900.

  7. Frederic B. Pratt - Wikipedia

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    Mary Helen Richardson (mother) Frederic Bayley Pratt (February 22, 1865 – May 3, 1945) was an American heir, the president of the board of trustees of Brooklyn 's Pratt Institute for 44 years, from 1893 to 1937, and president of the United States Olympic Committee in 1910.

  8. Minnie Bruce Pratt - Wikipedia

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    Minnie Bruce Pratt (September 12, 1946 – July 2, 2023) was an American poet, educator, activist, and essayist. She retired in 2015 from her position as Professor of Writing and Women's Studies at Syracuse University where she was invited to help develop the university's first LGBT studies program.

  9. Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel - Wikipedia

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    The Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel is a funeral home located on Madison Avenue at 81st Street in Manhattan. Founded in 1898 as Frank E. Campbell Burial and Cremation Company, the company is now owned by Service Corporation International. Frank E. Campbell is known for handling many celebrity deaths and funerals including those of John Lennon ...