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Leroy Harper 1917 - 2009

Leroy Harper of Detroit, Wayne County, MI was born on May 24, 1917, and died at age 92 years old on June 9, 2009.
Leroy Harper
Detroit, Wayne County, MI 48234
May 24, 1917
June 9, 2009
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  • 05/24
    1917

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    May 24, 1917
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  • 06/9
    2009

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    June 9, 2009
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    Leroy Harper lived 20 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 92.
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In 1917, in the year that Leroy Harper 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 1942, when he was 25 years old, on November 28th at 10:15p, a nightclub in Boston, the Cocoanut Grove, caught fire. The origins of the fire are unknown but it killed 492 people - the deadliest nightclub fire in U.S. history. Hundreds more were injured. The disaster was so shocking that it replaced World War II in the headlines and lead to reforms in safety standards and codes.
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