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Cecil William Riggs 1919 - 2010

Cecil William Riggs of Saint David, Cochise County, AZ was born on November 27, 1919, and died at age 90 years old on April 27, 2010. Cecil Riggs was buried at Ft. Logan National Cemetery Section 30A Site 692 4400 West Kenyon Avenue, in Denver, Co.
Cecil William Riggs
Saint David, Cochise County, AZ 85630
November 27, 1919
April 27, 2010
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  • 11/27
    1919

    Birthday

    November 27, 1919
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    Unknown
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: PFC Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 04/27
    2010

    Death

    April 27, 2010
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    Ft. Logan National Cemetery Section 30A Site 692 4400 West Kenyon Avenue, in Denver, Co 80236
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In 1919, in the year that Cecil William Riggs was born, Indian lawyer Mahatma Gandhi initiated the Satyagraha campaigns, beginning the nonviolent resistance movement against British rule of India. Satyagraha means "holding onto truth" and the campaign for India independence, which was eventually obtained, called for "self-suffering" rather than inflicting suffering (i.e., violence) on others.
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In 1943, by the time he was 24 years old, 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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