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Dempsey Caviness 1917 - 1987

Dempsey Caviness of Brooklyn, Kings County, New York was born on July 27, 1917, and died at age 70 years old in October 1987.
Dempsey Caviness
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York 11216
July 27, 1917
October 1987
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Dempsey Caviness' History: 1917 - 1987

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    1917

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    July 27, 1917
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  • 10/dd
    1987

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    October 1987
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    Dempsey Caviness lived 1 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 70.
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In 1917, in the year that Dempsey Caviness 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 1929, when this person was just 12 years old, the St. Valentine's Day Massacre happened on February 14th. In Chicago, seven men from the North Side Irish gang were gunned down by Al Capone's South Side Italian gang at the garage at 2122 North Clark Street. Al Capone was making a successful move to take over Chicago's organized crime. But the St. Valentine's Day massacre also resulted in a public outcry against all gangsters.
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