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Elmer Phillips 1925 - 1986

Elmer Phillips of Laurel, Jones County, Mississippi was born on June 25, 1925, and died at age 60 years old in March 1986.
Elmer Phillips
Laurel, Jones County, Mississippi 39440
June 25, 1925
March 1986
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Elmer Phillips' History: 1925 - 1986

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  • 06/25
    1925

    Birthday

    June 25, 1925
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Negro, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Jones County, Mississippi United States
  • Early Life & Education

    Grammar School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 34877662 Enlisted: November 23, 1943 in Cp Shelby Mississippi Military branch: No Branch Assignment Rank: Private, Selectees (enlisted Men) Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For The Duration Of The War Or Other Emergency, Plus Six Months, Subject To The Discretion Of The President Or Otherwise According To Law
  • 03/dd
    1986

    Death

    March 1986
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
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In 1925, in the year that Elmer Phillips was born, in July, the Scopes Trial - often called the Scopes Monkey Trial - took place, prosecuting a substitute teacher for teaching evolution in school. Tennessee had enacted a law that said it was "unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school". William Jennings Bryan headed the prosecution and Clarence Darrow headed the defense. The teacher was found guilty and fined $100. An appeal to the Supreme Court of Tennessee upheld the law but overturned the guilty verdict.
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In 1933, by the time he was only 8 years old, Frances Perkins became the first woman to hold a cabinet-level position, appointed by President Roosevelt to serve as Secretary of Labor. She told him that her priorities would be a 40-hour work week, a minimum wage, unemployment compensation, worker’s compensation, abolition of child labor, direct federal aid to the states for unemployment relief, Social Security, a revitalized federal employment service, and universal health insurance. President Roosevelt approved of all of them and most them were implemented during his terms as President. She served until his death in 1945.
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