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Booker T Washington 1934 - 1988

Booker T Washington of Chicago Heights, Cook County, IL was born on May 15, 1934, and died at age 53 years old on May 1, 1988.
Booker T Washington
Chicago Heights, Cook County, IL 60411
May 15, 1934
May 1, 1988
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  • 05/15
    1934

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    May 15, 1934
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  • 05/1
    1988

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    May 1, 1988
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    Booker T Washington lived 14 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 53.
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In 1934, in the year that Booker T Washington was born, on July 22nd, gangster John Dillinger was killed in Chicago. His gang had robbed banks and police stations, among other charges, and he was being hunted by J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI - although many in the public saw him as a "Robin Hood". A madam from a brothel in which he was hiding became an informer for the FBI and, after a shootout with FBI agents, Dillinger was shot and died.
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In 1941, by the time he was merely 7 years old, 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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