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Leonard W Defontes 1942 - 1995

Leonard W Defontes was born on April 16, 1942, and died at age 53 years old on August 25, 1995. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Leonard W Defontes.
Leonard W Defontes
April 16, 1942
August 25, 1995
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  • 04/16
    1942

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    April 16, 1942
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  • 08/25
    1995

    Death

    August 25, 1995
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    Unknown
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    Leonard W Defontes lived 20 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 53.
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In 1942, in the year that Leonard W Defontes was born, on February 19th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. This authorized the Secretary of War to "prescribe certain areas as military zones." On March 21st, he signed Public Law 503 which was approved after an hour discussion in the Senate and 30 minutes in the House. The Law provided for enforcement of his Executive Order. This cleared the way for approximately 120,000 men, women, and children of Japanese ancestry to be evicted from the West Coast and to be held in concentration camps and other confinement sites across the country. In Hawaii, a few thousand were detained. German and Italian Americans in the U.S. were also confined.
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In 1954, by the time he was just 12 years old, on May 17th, the Supreme Court released a decision on Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. The ruling stated that state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students was unconstitutional thus paving the way for integration in schools.
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