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Burnie Martin 1922 - 1979

Burnie Martin of Roanoke Rapids, Halifax County, North Carolina was born on September 19, 1922, and died at age 57 years old in September 1979.
Burnie Martin
Roanoke Rapids, Halifax County, North Carolina 27870
September 19, 1922
September 1979
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Burnie Martin's History: 1922 - 1979

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  • 09/19
    1922

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    September 19, 1922
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  • 09/dd
    1979

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    September 1979
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    Burnie Martin lived 16 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 56.
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In 1922, in the year that Burnie Martin was born, on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.
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In 1943, Burnie was 21 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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