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Claude Jr LaFollette 1924 - 2001

Claude Jr Lafollette of Jackson, Jackson County, MI was born on July 28, 1924, and died at age 76 years old on January 28, 2001.
Claude Jr Lafollette
Jackson, Jackson County, MI 49202
July 28, 1924
January 28, 2001
Male
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  • 07/28
    1924

    Birthday

    July 28, 1924
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    White, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Jackson County, Michigan United States
  • Early Life & Education

    4 Years Of High School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 36420839 Enlisted: January 20, 1943 in Kalamazoo Michigan Military branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, Usa Rank: Private, Selectees (enlisted Men) Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For The Duration Of The War Or Other Emergency, Plus Six Months, Subject To The Discretion Of The President Or Otherwise According To Law
  • Professional Career

    Semiskilled Machine Shop And Related Occupations, N.e.c.
  • 01/28
    2001

    Death

    January 28, 2001
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
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In 1924, in the year that Claude Jr LaFollette was born, in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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In 1943, Claude was 19 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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