When Gertrude Ellen Basden was born on 22 April 1908, in Jones, North Carolina, United States, her father, Lib Middleton Basden, was 22 and her mother, Minnie Agnes Jones, was 18. She married Rayford Cleveland Adams on 12 February 1926, in Jones, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Township 6 Chinquapin, Jones, North Carolina, United States in 1940 and Chinquapin, Jones, North Carolina, United States in 1950. She died on 5 March 1985, in Kinston, Lenoir, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Kinston, Lenoir, North Carolina, United States.
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Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.
Named after Confederate General Braxton Bragg, Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina was established on September 4, 1918. It was used as one of three training camps used during WWI.
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
English: variant of Baisden .
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