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Delia Wilhelmena Amendt 1917 - 2008

Delia Wilhelmena Amendt of Lakefield, Jackson County, Minnesota was born on March 21, 1917, and died at age 90 years old on January 19, 2008.
Delia Wilhelmena Amendt
Lakefield, Jackson County, Minnesota 56150
March 21, 1917
January 19, 2008
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  • 03/21
    1917

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    March 21, 1917
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  • 01/19
    2008

    Death

    January 19, 2008
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    Delia Wilhelmena Amendt lived 14 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 90.
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In 1917, in the year that Delia Wilhelmena Amendt 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 1941, at the age of 24 years old, Delia 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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