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George Degrate 1919 - 1978

George Degrate was born on February 28, 1919, and died at age 59 years old in June 1978. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember George Degrate.
George Degrate
February 28, 1919
June 1978
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  • 02/28
    1919

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    February 28, 1919
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  • 06/dd
    1978

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    June 1978
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    George Degrate lived 3 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 59.
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In 1919, in the year that George Degrate was born, Indian lawyer Mahatma Gandhi initiated the Satyagraha campaigns, beginning the nonviolent resistance movement against British rule of India. Satyagraha means "holding onto truth" and the campaign for India independence, which was eventually obtained, called for "self-suffering" rather than inflicting suffering (i.e., violence) on others.
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In 1925, he was merely 6 years old when 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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