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Bennie Edney 1917 - 1982

Bennie Edney of Belton, Anderson County, South Carolina was born on July 21, 1917, and died at age 65 years old in November 1982.
Bennie Edney
Belton, Anderson County, South Carolina 29627
July 21, 1917
November 1982
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  • 07/21
    1917

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    July 21, 1917
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  • 11/dd
    1982

    Death

    November 1982
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    Bennie Edney lived 6 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 65.
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In 1917, in the year that Bennie Edney was born, on July 28, between ten and fifteen thousand blacks silently walked down New York City's Fifth Avenue to protest racial discrimination and violence. Lynchings in Waco Texas and hundreds of African-Americans killed in East St. Louis Illinois had sparked the protest. Picket signs said "Mother, do lynchers go to heaven?" "Mr. President, why not make America safe for democracy?" "Thou shalt not kill." "Pray for the Lady Macbeth's of East St. Louis" and "Give us a chance to live."
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In 1938, he was 21 years old when on June 25th (a Saturday) the Fair Labor Standards Act was signed into law by President Roosevelt (along with 120 other bills). The Act banned oppressive child labor, set the minimum hourly wage at 25 cents, and established the maximum workweek at 44 hours. It faced a lot of opposition and in fighting for it, Roosevelt said "Do not let any calamity-howling executive with an income of $1,000 a day, ...tell you...that a wage of $11 a week is going to have a disastrous effect on all American industry."
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