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Libia Acosta 1919 - 2011

Libia Acosta of Astoria, Queens County, NY was born on August 2, 1919, and died at age 91 years old on February 21, 2011.
Libia Acosta
Astoria, Queens County, NY 11105
August 2, 1919
February 21, 2011
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  • 08/2
    1919

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    August 2, 1919
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  • 02/21
    2011

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    February 21, 2011
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    Libia Acosta lived 23 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 91.
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In 1919, in the year that Libia Acosta 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 1941, by the time this person was 22 years old, 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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