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Celeste Nieves 1921 - 2010

Celeste Nieves of Luquillo, Luquillo County, PR was born on April 5, 1921, and died at age 88 years old on February 12, 2010.

Celeste Nieves
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Luquillo, Luquillo County, PR 00773
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April 5, 1921
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In 1921, in the year that Celeste Nieves was born, in May, the Emergency Quota Act - or Emergency Immigration Act - was passed. The law restricted the number of immigrants to 357,000 per year. It also established an immigration quota in which only 3 per cent of the total population of any ethnic group already in the USA in 1910, could be admitted to America after 1921. Although the Act was supposed to be temporary, it stayed in effect until 1965.
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In 1941, at the age of 20 years old, Celeste was alive 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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Nieves, Evelyn (Jan 17, 1963 - Jul 15, 2011) Nieves, Terry (May 4, 1954 - Oct 9, 2008) Nieves, Ana (May 1, 1912 - Dec 12, 1999) Nieves, Seth (Feb 19, 2004 - Apr 10, 2004) Nieves, Jovita (Mar 29, 1912 - Oct 1, 1999) Nieves, Luz (Mar 31, 1951 - Oct 1979) Nieves, Lizzette (Oct 4, 1982 - Apr 8, 2000) Nieves, Sara (Mar 21, 1920 - Dec 6, 2007) Nieves Jr, Max (Feb 25, 1981 - Jun 1982) Nieves, Luz (Aug 19, 1938 - Nov 7, 2006)
Nieves, Angelina (Sep 24, 1916 - May 11, 2004) Nieves, Luis (Jul 16, 1955 - May 13, 1992) Nieves, Paula (Feb 23, 1954 - Sep 19, 2006) Nieves, Angel (Dec 10, 2008 - Feb 5, 2009) Nieves, Jesus (Sep 22, 1932 - Jun 23, 2003) Nieves, Enid (Mar 24, 1969 - Sep 26, 1996) Nieves, Rose (Jul 15, 1904 - Oct 1965) Nieves, Richard (Sep 17, 1972 - Jan 29, 1994) Nieves, Jose (Mar 4, 1960 - Oct 31, 1995) Nieves, Florence (May 8, 1943 - Nov 13, 2010)
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