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James Backey 1903 - 1980

James Backey of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois was born on January 2, 1903, and died at age 77 years old in December 1980.
James Backey
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 60660
January 2, 1903
December 1980
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    1903

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    January 2, 1903
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    1980

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    December 1980
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    James Backey lived 4 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 77.
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In 1903, in the year that James Backey was born, the book The Souls of Black Folk, written by W. E. B. Du Bois, was published. Containing several essays on the African-American experience in America, much of the book was based on Du Bois' own life. The book was one of the very early works in the science of sociology.
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In 1920, James was 17 years old when on January 1, over 6000 people were arrested and put in prison because they were suspected of being communists. . Many had to be released in a few weeks and only 3 guns were found in their homes. The U.S. Department of Justice "red hunt" netted thousands of "radicals" and suspected "communists" and aliens were deported. But the "hunt" ended after Attorney General Palmer forecast a massive radical uprising on May Day and the day passed without incident.
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