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Dewey O Cheever 1924 - 1999

Dewey O Cheever of Broussard, Lafayette County, LA was born on August 11, 1924, and died at age 74 years old on April 15, 1999.
Dewey O Cheever
Broussard, Lafayette County, LA 70518
August 11, 1924
April 15, 1999
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  • 08/11
    1924

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    August 11, 1924
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  • 04/15
    1999

    Death

    April 15, 1999
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    Dewey O Cheever lived exactly as long as the average family member when died at the age of 74.
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In 1924, in the year that Dewey O Cheever 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 1941, Dewey was 17 years old 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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