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Charles Pettiford 1917 - 1983

Charles Pettiford of Washington, District of Columbia County, District Of Columbia was born on April 25, 1917, and died at age 65 years old in February 1983.

Charles Pettiford

Washington, District of Columbia County, District Of Columbia 20020

April 25, 1917

February 1983

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Charles Pettiford lived 4 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 65.

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In 1917, in the year that Charles Pettiford 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 1948, Charles was 31 years old when on January 30th, Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in New Delhi by a member of a Hindu nationalist party who thought that Gandhi was too accommodating to Muslims. The man, Nathuram Godse, shot Gandhi 3 times. He died immediately. The shooter was tried, convicted, and hung in November 1949.

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