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Joseph Calapa 1917 - 1983

Joseph Calapa of Boynton Beach, Palm Beach County, FL was born on April 17, 1917, and died at age 66 years old in November 1983.
Joseph Calapa
Boynton Beach, Palm Beach County, FL 33435
April 17, 1917
November 1983
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    1917

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    April 17, 1917
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  • 11/dd
    1983

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    November 1983
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    Joseph Calapa lived 11 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 66.
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In 1917, in the year that Joseph Calapa 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 1921, Joseph was just 4 years old when hugely popular Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, silent film star, was arrested for rape and manslaughter after an actress died following a party at his house. He was acquitted after three trials and the jury wrote a formal letter apologizing for the charges, but his career never recovered. His films were at first banned - the ban was lifted after a year - and he was mostly ostracized by the community. He died at 46..
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