John R. Kirby (born 1919)

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John R. Kirby & Gladys (Bransford) Kirby

September 11, 1983 Jefferson County, TX

John R. Kirby

Gladys (Bransford) Kirby

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Gladys (Bransford) Kirby

around 1916 - Unknown

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Elvaphine (Kirby) Cook gravesite

Added: Sep 20, 2016

Elvaphine (Kirby) Cook gravesite

Added: Sep 20, 2016

Shirley and Elvaphine (Kirby) Cook gravesite

Added: Sep 20, 2016

Austin Kirby

Added: Oct 27, 2014

Beecher P. Kirby

Added: Oct 24, 2014

Beecher P Kirby

Added: Oct 24, 2014

Angela Kirby

Added: Sep 27, 2014

Chasnie (Kirby) & John Beatty

Added: Dec 13, 2013

Granville Pippin Family, Kentucky 1935

Added: Nov 04, 2012

Short family, 1915

Added: Oct 07, 2012

Lee & Short Tennessee Family Reunion1923

Added: Oct 07, 2012

Willie & Eva Kirby & Friends, Tennessee

Added: Oct 07, 2012

Willie Kirby & Raymond Short, Tennessee 1917

Added: Oct 07, 2012

Elmo Pippin, Kentucky

Added: Oct 03, 2012

Arthur 'Jack' Pippin, Japan 1946

Added: Oct 03, 2012

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In 1919, in the year that John R. Kirby 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.

In 1929, on October 29th (Black Tuesday), the stock market crashed in the United States. Billions of dollars were lost and some investors committed suicide as a result, having lost their fortunes. This ushered in the 12 year, worldwide Great Depression.

In 1942, on February 19th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. This authorized the Secretary of War to "prescribe certain areas as military zones." On March 21st, he signed Public Law 503 which was approved after an hour discussion in the Senate and 30 minutes in the House. The Law provided for enforcement of his Executive Order. This cleared the way for approximately 120,000 men, women, and children of Japanese ancestry to be evicted from the West Coast and to be held in concentration camps and other confinement sites across the country. In Hawaii, a few thousand were detained. German and Italian Americans in the U.S. were also confined.

In 1968, on January 31st, the North Vietnamese launched the Tet Offensive, a turning point in the Vietnam War. 70,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces swarmed into South Vietnam. The South Vietnamese and US troops held off the offensive but it was such fierce fighting that the U.S. public began to turn against the war.

In 1974, on July 30th, the House Judiciary Committee adopted three articles of impeachment against President Nixon. He was charged with obstruction of justice, failure to uphold laws, and the refusal to produce material subpoenaed by the committee. In order to avoid impeachment, Richard M. Nixon announced that he would resign on August 8th, the first President to do so.