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Amos Williams 1931 - 2009

Amos Williams of Gary, Lake County, Indiana was born on July 10, 1931, and died at age 78 years old on December 11, 2009.

Amos Williams

Gary, Lake County, Indiana 46404

July 10, 1931

December 11, 2009

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July 10, 1931

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December 11, 2009

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In 1931, in the year that Amos Williams was born, in March, “The Star Spangled Banner” officially became the national anthem by congressional resolution. Other songs had previously been used - among them, "My Country, 'Tis of Thee", "God Bless America", and "America the Beautiful". There was fierce debate about making "The Star Spangled Banner" the national anthem - Southerners and veterans organizations supported it, pacifists and educators opposed it.

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In 1943, Amos was only 12 years old when on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.

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