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Dewitt Williams 1923 - 1980

Dewitt Williams of Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas was born on October 27, 1923, and died at age 56 years old in April 1980.
Dewitt Williams
Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas 71601
October 27, 1923
April 1980
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Dewitt Williams' History: 1923 - 1980

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  • 10/27
    1923

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    October 27, 1923
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  • 04/dd
    1980

    Death

    April 1980
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    Dewitt Williams lived 14 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 56.
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In 1923, in the year that Dewitt Williams was born, Harlem's Cotton Club opened in New York City. Owned by a bootlegger and gangster, it was a 700 seat speakeasy that catered to a "white only" clientele. But most of the entertainers were African-American and featured some of the best entertainers of the time such as Lena Horne, the Nicholas Brothers, Ethel Waters, and Cab Calloway.
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In 1943, when he was 20 years old, 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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