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James W Zevalkink 1919 - 1995

James W Zevalkink of Grand Rapids, Kent County, MI was born on October 17, 1919, and died at age 75 years old on June 1, 1995.
James W Zevalkink
Grand Rapids, Kent County, MI 49546
October 17, 1919
June 1, 1995
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  • 10/17
    1919

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    October 17, 1919
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  • 06/1
    1995

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    June 1, 1995
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    James W Zevalkink lived exactly as long as the average family member when died at the age of 75.
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In 1919, in the year that James W Zevalkink 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 1941, by the time he was 22 years old, on June 25th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8802, prohibiting racial discrimination in the defense industry. EO 8802 was the first federal action to prohibit employment discrimination - without prejudice as to "race, creed, color, or national origin" - in the U.S. Civil Rights groups had planned a march on Washington D.C. to protest for equal rights but with the signing of the Order, they canceled the March.
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