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Josephine Gedra 1919 - 1977

Josephine Gedra of Buffalo, Erie County, NY was born on May 9, 1919, and died at age 57 years old in April 1977.
Josephine Gedra
Buffalo, Erie County, NY 14215
May 9, 1919
April 1977
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  • 05/9
    1919

    Birthday

    May 9, 1919
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  • 04/dd
    1977

    Death

    April 1977
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Josephine Gedra lived 15 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 57.
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In 1919, in the year that Josephine Gedra was born, in January, Nebraska was the 36th state to ratify the 18th Amendment, making it the law of the land. The 18th Amendment established Prohibition - a law against the production, transport, and sale of alcohol. Private consumption and possession were not prohibited. Several months later, the Volstead Act was passed, creating laws to enforce the Amendment. Bootlegging and bathtub gin followed.
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In 1943, when she was 24 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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