Brief Life History of Benjamin
When Benjamin Dan was born in 1895, in Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, United States, his father, Sampson Dan, was 34 and his mother, Amy Brister, was 30. He died in 1995, in Cherokee, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 100.
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1907
Oklahoma is the 46th state.
1921 · Tulsa Race Massacre
By 1921, Tulsa was a booming city with a population of over one hundred thousand, with ten thousand African Americans in the Greenwood District. Crime rates in Tulsa soared and vigilantism was present. An incident occurred with Dick Rowland, an African American shoe shiner, and Sara Page, a white elevator operator. Reports claim Rowland stepped on Page’s foot and she let out a scream. The newspaper reported Rowland attempted to rape Page. Rowland was arrested and white vigilantes demanded the sheriff to hand over Rowland for lynching. An armed group of African American men went to the courthouse to aid in protecting Rowland from the mob. The group was turned away and a shot was fired between the white and African American groups, which ignited a riot. While buildings in Tulsa were burned, a major effort by whites focused mainly on the Greenwood District which was burned to the ground and many were shot. Over 30 people were killed and many were injured in the riots.
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Some characteristic forenames: Vietnamese Ha To, Hieu, Lam, Chinh, Dung, Dung Anh, Long, Ly, Mai, Minh, Nga, Nguyen Van. Romanian Corneliu, Silviu, Constantin, Dumitru, Ilie, Rodica, Stelian, Vasile.
Romanian; Hungarian (mainly Dán): from a short form of the Biblical personal name Daniel (Hungarian Dániel).
Romanian: from a short form of the Slavic personal names Bogdan and Prodan .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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