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Donald J Riley 1919 - 1990

Donald J Riley was born on March 17, 1919, and died at age 71 years old on April 3, 1990. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Donald J Riley.
Donald J Riley
March 17, 1919
April 3, 1990
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  • 03/17
    1919

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    March 17, 1919
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  • 04/3
    1990

    Death

    April 3, 1990
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In 1919, in the year that Donald J Riley was born, in the summer and early autumn, race riots erupted in 26 U.S. cities, resulting in hundreds of deaths and even more people being badly hurt. In most cases, African-Americans were the victims. It was called the "Red Summer". Men who were returning from World War I needed jobs and there was competition for those jobs among the races. Tension was heightened by the use by many companies of blacks as strikebreakers.
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In 1942, Donald was 23 years old when on February 19th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. This authorized the Secretary of War to "prescribe certain areas as military zones." On March 21st, he signed Public Law 503 which was approved after an hour discussion in the Senate and 30 minutes in the House. The Law provided for enforcement of his Executive Order. This cleared the way for approximately 120,000 men, women, and children of Japanese ancestry to be evicted from the West Coast and to be held in concentration camps and other confinement sites across the country. In Hawaii, a few thousand were detained. German and Italian Americans in the U.S. were also confined.
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