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Leon Martin 1921 - 1996

Leon Martin was born on August 21, 1921, and died at age 74 years old on June 7, 1996. Leon Martin was buried at Long Island National Cemetery Section R Site 2089 2040 Wellwood Avenue, in Farmingdale, Ny. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Leon Martin.
Leon Martin
August 21, 1921
June 7, 1996
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  • 08/21
    1921

    Birthday

    August 21, 1921
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: PFC Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 06/7
    1996

    Death

    June 7, 1996
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Long Island National Cemetery Section R Site 2089 2040 Wellwood Avenue, in Farmingdale, Ny 11735
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In 1921, in the year that Leon Martin was born, in May, the Emergency Quota Act - or Emergency Immigration Act - was passed. The law restricted the number of immigrants to 357,000 per year. It also established an immigration quota in which only 3 per cent of the total population of any ethnic group already in the USA in 1910, could be admitted to America after 1921. Although the Act was supposed to be temporary, it stayed in effect until 1965.
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In 1941, he was 20 years old when on June 25th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8802, prohibiting racial discrimination in the defense industry. EO 8802 was the first federal action to prohibit employment discrimination - without prejudice as to "race, creed, color, or national origin" - in the U.S. Civil Rights groups had planned a march on Washington D.C. to protest for equal rights but with the signing of the Order, they canceled the March.
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