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John Whitaker 1917 - 1979

John Whitaker of Greenwood, Leflore County, Mississippi was born on February 5, 1917, and died at age 62 years old in December 1979.
John Whitaker
Greenwood, Leflore County, Mississippi 38930
February 5, 1917
December 1979
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John Whitaker's History: 1917 - 1979

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    1917

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    February 5, 1917
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  • 12/dd
    1979

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    December 1979
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    John Whitaker lived 9 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 62.
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In 1917, in the year that John Whitaker was born, on July 28, between ten and fifteen thousand blacks silently walked down New York City's Fifth Avenue to protest racial discrimination and violence. Lynchings in Waco Texas and hundreds of African-Americans killed in East St. Louis Illinois had sparked the protest. Picket signs said "Mother, do lynchers go to heaven?" "Mr. President, why not make America safe for democracy?" "Thou shalt not kill." "Pray for the Lady Macbeth's of East St. Louis" and "Give us a chance to live."
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In 1928, when he was just 11 years old, aviatrix Amelia Earhart, age 31, became the first woman to fly solo across North America and back in August. In June, she had been part of a 3 man crew that flew the Atlantic Ocean but since she had no instrument training, she couldn't fly the plane - she kept the flight log. The North American flight became one of her many "firsts" as a female pilot.
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