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Henry James Edwards 1938 - 1960

Henry James Edwards was born on March 6, 1938, and died at age 21 years old on January 2, 1960. Henry Edwards was buried at Mobile National Cemetery Section 5 Site 576 1202 Virginia Street, in Mobile, Al. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Henry James Edwards.
Henry James Edwards
March 6, 1938
January 2, 1960
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  • 03/6
    1938

    Birthday

    March 6, 1938
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: PVT
  • 01/2
    1960

    Death

    January 2, 1960
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    Mobile National Cemetery Section 5 Site 576 1202 Virginia Street, in Mobile, Al 36604
    Burial location
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In 1938, in the year that Henry James Edwards was born, on June 25th (a Saturday) the Fair Labor Standards Act was signed into law by President Roosevelt (along with 120 other bills). The Act banned oppressive child labor, set the minimum hourly wage at 25 cents, and established the maximum workweek at 44 hours. It faced a lot of opposition and in fighting for it, Roosevelt said "Do not let any calamity-howling executive with an income of $1,000 a day, ...tell you...that a wage of $11 a week is going to have a disastrous effect on all American industry."
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In 1943, he was merely 5 years old when on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.
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