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Emma J Rees 1917 - 1999

Emma J Rees of Racine, Racine County, WI was born on May 19, 1917, and died at age 82 years old on August 22, 1999.
Emma J Rees
Racine, Racine County, WI 53406
May 19, 1917
August 22, 1999
Female
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  • 05/19
    1917

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    May 19, 1917
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  • 08/22
    1999

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    August 22, 1999
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In 1917, in the year that Emma J Rees was born, on July 28, between ten and fifteen thousand blacks silently walked down New York City's Fifth Avenue to protest racial discrimination and violence. Lynchings in Waco Texas and hundreds of African-Americans killed in East St. Louis Illinois had sparked the protest. Picket signs said "Mother, do lynchers go to heaven?" "Mr. President, why not make America safe for democracy?" "Thou shalt not kill." "Pray for the Lady Macbeth's of East St. Louis" and "Give us a chance to live."
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In 1960, Emma was 43 years old when on May 1st, an American CIA U-2 spy plane, piloted by Francis Gary Powers, was shot down by a surface-to-air missile over the Soviet Union. Powers ejected and survived but was captured. The U.S. claimed that the U-2 was a "weather plane" but Powers was convicted in the Soviet Union of espionage. He was released in 1962 after 1 year, 9 months and 10 days in prison.
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