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Josephine A Laake 1917 - 1998

Josephine A Laake of Davenport, Scott County, IA was born on September 23, 1917, and died at age 81 years old on December 15, 1998. Josephine Laake was buried at Rock Island National Cemetery Section O Site 1568 Bldg 118 - Rock Island Arsenal, in Rock Island, Il.
Josephine A Laake
Davenport, Scott County, IA 52804
September 23, 1917
December 15, 1998
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  • 09/23
    1917

    Birthday

    September 23, 1917
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    Unknown
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Navy Rank attained: ARM3 Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 12/15
    1998

    Death

    December 15, 1998
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    Unknown
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    Rock Island National Cemetery Section O Site 1568 Bldg 118 - Rock Island Arsenal, in Rock Island, Il 61299
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In 1917, in the year that Josephine A Laake 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 1920, she was only 3 years old when Italian born factory worker Nicola Sacco and fish peddler Bartolomeo Vanzetti were picked up by police on May 5th in connection with the April 15th murder and robbery of a guard and a paymaster at the Slater and Morrill Shoe Company in South Braintree, Mass. Although in later years they were thought to be innocent, they were anarchists and were convicted of the crime and put to death.
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