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Lee R Owens 1919 - 1978

Lee R Owens of Suffolk, Suffolk City County, Virginia was born on July 30, 1919, and died at age 58 years old in January 1978.
Lee R Owens
Suffolk, Suffolk City County, Virginia 23434
July 30, 1919
January 1978
Male
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Lee R Owens' History: 1919 - 1978

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  • 07/30
    1919

    Birthday

    July 30, 1919
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Negro, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Southampton County, Virginia United States
  • Early Life & Education

    Grammar School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 33862964 Enlisted: December 27, 1944 in Richmond Virginia Military branch: No Branch Assignment Rank: Private, Selectees (enlisted Men) Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For The Duration Of The War Or Other Emergency, Plus Six Months, Subject To The Discretion Of The President Or Otherwise According To Law
  • Professional Career

    Unskilled Sawmill Occupations, N.e.c.
  • 01/dd
    1978

    Death

    January 1978
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
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In 1919, in the year that Lee R Owens was born, in the summer and early autumn, race riots erupted in 26 U.S. cities, resulting in hundreds of deaths and even more people being badly hurt. In most cases, African-Americans were the victims. It was called the "Red Summer". Men who were returning from World War I needed jobs and there was competition for those jobs among the races. Tension was heightened by the use by many companies of blacks as strikebreakers.
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In 1924, by the time he was just 5 years old, J. Edgar Hoover, at the age of 29, was appointed the sixth director of the Bureau of Investigation by Calvin Coolidge (which later became the Federal Bureau of Investigation). The Bureau had approximately 650 employees, including 441 Special Agents. A former employee of the Justice Department, Hoover accepted his new position on the proviso that the bureau was to be completely divorced from politics and that the director report only to the attorney general.
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