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Dewitt Hinson 1947 - 2010

Dewitt Hinson of Austell, Cobb County, GA was born on February 7, 1947, and died at age 63 years old on May 15, 2010. Dewitt Hinson was buried at Georgia National Cemetery Section 1 Site 1435 2025 Mount Carmel Church Lane, in Canton.
Dewitt Hinson
Austell, Cobb County, GA 30168
February 7, 1947
May 15, 2010
Male
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  • 02/7
    1947

    Birthday

    February 7, 1947
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: PVT Wars/Conflicts: Vietnam
  • 05/15
    2010

    Death

    May 15, 2010
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Georgia National Cemetery Section 1 Site 1435 2025 Mount Carmel Church Lane, in Canton, Ga 30114
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In 1947, in the year that Dewitt Hinson was born, on April 15th, Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers, playing first base. He was the first black man to play in the Major Leagues. Since the 1880's, professional baseball had been segregated and blacks played in the "Negro leagues". He went on to play for 10 years.
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In 1964, Dewitt was 17 years old when in June, three young civil rights workers - Andrew Goodman and Mickey Schwerner from New York City, and James Chaney from Meridian, Mississippi - were kidnapped and murdered in Mississippi. Working with "Freedom Summer", they were registering African-Americans to vote in the Southern states. Their bodies were found two months later. Although it was discovered that the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, the Neshoba County Sheriff's Office and the Philadelphia, Mississippi Police Department were involved, only 7 men were convicted and served less than six years.
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