caption death_date death_place children birth_place birth_date spouse image article_title name occupation
rufus stokes circa 1940 22 june 1986 claremont , california deborah , barry s. stokes , mba , myron d. stokes k. , roslyn d. jones , douglas p. stokes robbins , sonja a. gildon , ph.d phenix city , alabama 03 september 1922 bessie lee knight rufus stokes wwii.jpg rufus stokes
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rufus stokes

rufus stokes -lrb- september 3 , 1922 - june 22 , 1986 -rrb- , an african american inventor , was born in phenix city , alabama .
