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James Arkansas 1916 - 2002

James Arkansas of Shreveport, Caddo County, LA was born on April 1, 1916, and died at age 86 years old on December 26, 2002.
James Arkansas
Shreveport, Caddo County, LA 71103
April 1, 1916
December 26, 2002
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James Arkansas' History: 1916 - 2002

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  • 04/1
    1916

    Birthday

    April 1, 1916
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Negro, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Caddo County, Louisiana United States
  • Early Life & Education

    Grammar School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 38524130 Enlisted: January 3, 1944 in Shreveport Louisiana 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
  • Professional Career

    Farm Hands, General Farms
  • 12/26
    2002

    Death

    December 26, 2002
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
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In 1916, in the year that James Arkansas was born, visiting nurse Margaret Sanger opened the first birth control clinic in the U.S. at 46 Amboy St. in Brooklyn New York. Ten days after the clinic opened, Sanger was arrested for "violating laws against giving out birth control information" which was defined as obscenity. The clinic was not handing out birth control - just information about sex and birth control methods. (The Comstock law categorized information about abortion, family planning, and contraception as “obscene”.) The clinics and organizations that Sanger established later evolved into the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
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In 1945, he was 29 years old when on May 7th, the Supreme Court ruled in the case of Jewell Ridge Coal Corp. v. United Mine Workers of America. The Court ruled that the underground travel time of coal miners was compensable work time under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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