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Fortunata Riso 1917 - 1985

Fortunata Riso of Wallingford, New Haven County, CT was born on August 19, 1917, and died at age 67 years old in June 1985.
Fortunata Riso
Wallingford, New Haven County, CT 06492
August 19, 1917
June 1985
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Fortunata Riso's History: 1917 - 1985

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  • 08/19
    1917

    Birthday

    August 19, 1917
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  • 06/dd
    1985

    Death

    June 1985
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    Fortunata Riso lived 7 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 67.
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In 1917, in the year that Fortunata Riso 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 1950, Fortunata was 33 years old when in February, Joe McCarthy gave a speech alleging that he had a list of "members of the Communist Party and members of a spy ring" who worked in the State Department. He went on to chair a committee that investigated not only the State Department but also the administration of President Harry S. Truman, the Voice of America, and the U.S. Army for communist spies - until he was condemned by the U.S. Senate in 1954.
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