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James W Holyfield 1919 - 1999

James W Holyfield of Supply, Brunswick County, NC was born on April 1, 1919, and died at age 80 years old on December 27, 1999.
James W Holyfield
Supply, Brunswick County, NC 28462
April 1, 1919
December 27, 1999
Male
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  • 04/1
    1919

    Birthday

    April 1, 1919
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    White, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    United States
  • Early Life & Education

    3 Years Of College
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 34115762 Enlisted: July 9, 1941 in Ft Bragg North Carolina Military branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, Usa Rank: Private, Selectees (enlisted Men)
  • Professional Career

    Actors And Actresses
  • 12/27
    1999

    Death

    December 27, 1999
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
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In 1919, in the year that James W Holyfield was born, in the summer and early autumn, race riots erupted in 26 U.S. cities, resulting in hundreds of deaths and even more people being badly hurt. In most cases, African-Americans were the victims. It was called the "Red Summer". Men who were returning from World War I needed jobs and there was competition for those jobs among the races. Tension was heightened by the use by many companies of blacks as strikebreakers.
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In 1964, he was 45 years old when in June, three young civil rights workers - Andrew Goodman and Mickey Schwerner from New York City, and James Chaney from Meridian, Mississippi - were kidnapped and murdered in Mississippi. Working with "Freedom Summer", they were registering African-Americans to vote in the Southern states. Their bodies were found two months later. Although it was discovered that the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, the Neshoba County Sheriff's Office and the Philadelphia, Mississippi Police Department were involved, only 7 men were convicted and served less than six years.
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