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August Chapman 1911 - 1985

August Chapman of Otsego, Allegan County, Michigan was born on August 27, 1911, and died at age 73 years old in April 1985.
August Chapman
Otsego, Allegan County, Michigan 49078
August 27, 1911
April 1985
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    1911

    Birthday

    August 27, 1911
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  • 04/dd
    1985

    Death

    April 1985
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    August Chapman lived 1 year longer than the average family member when died at the age of 73.
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In 1911, in the year that August Chapman was born, the United States Supreme Court broke up Standard Oil in May. John D. Rockefeller established Standard Oil in 1870 and it was the largest oil refinery at the time. The Supreme Court found that Standard Oil of New Jersey (one of the many iterations of Standard Oil) was guilty of "monopolizing the petroleum industry through a series of abusive and anticompetitive actions". The Court broke up the several entities that comprised Standard Oil and they eventually became competing firms.
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In 1941, August was 30 years old when on June 25th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8802, prohibiting racial discrimination in the defense industry. EO 8802 was the first federal action to prohibit employment discrimination - without prejudice as to "race, creed, color, or national origin" - in the U.S. Civil Rights groups had planned a march on Washington D.C. to protest for equal rights but with the signing of the Order, they canceled the March.
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