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Joseph Contonzo 1909 - 1987

Joseph Contonzo of South Richmond Hill, Queens County, NY was born on May 7, 1909, and died at age 78 years old on October 2, 1987.
Joseph Contonzo
South Richmond Hill, Queens County, NY 11419
May 7, 1909
October 2, 1987
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  • 05/7
    1909

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    May 7, 1909
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  • 10/2
    1987

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    October 2, 1987
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    Joseph Contonzo lived 10 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 78.
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In 1909, in the year that Joseph Contonzo was born, the NAACP was founded by W. E. B. Du Bois. The organization focused on legal strategies designed to confront the critical civil rights issues of the day - which included lynching and segregation in schools. The goal was to secure for all people the rights guaranteed in the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the United States Constitution.
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In 1943, when he was 34 years old, on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.
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