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Benson E Grimes 1919 - 1997

Benson E Grimes of Halethorpe, Baltimore County, MD was born on May 8, 1919, and died at age 78 years old on September 27, 1997.
Benson E Grimes
Halethorpe, Baltimore County, MD 21227
May 8, 1919
September 27, 1997
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  • 05/8
    1919

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    May 8, 1919
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  • 09/27
    1997

    Death

    September 27, 1997
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    Benson E Grimes lived 6 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 78.
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In 1919, in the year that Benson E Grimes was born, in the summer and early autumn, race riots erupted in 26 U.S. cities, resulting in hundreds of deaths and even more people being badly hurt. In most cases, African-Americans were the victims. It was called the "Red Summer". Men who were returning from World War I needed jobs and there was competition for those jobs among the races. Tension was heightened by the use by many companies of blacks as strikebreakers.
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In 1922, he was only 3 years old when on James Joyce's 40th birthday, his book Ulysses was published in France. The book covers the experiences of an Irishman in Dublin on an ordinary day, 16 June 1904. Now considered a classic, it was controversial at the time. Due to some sexual content, the book was banned in the U.S. during the 1920's and the U.S. Post Office destroyed 500 copies of the novel.
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