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Melba Jean Simples 1943 - 2007

Melba Jean Simples of Texas was born on May 31, 1943, and died at age 63 years old on February 23, 2007.
Melba Jean Simples
Texas
May 31, 1943
February 23, 2007
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  • 05/31
    1943

    Birthday

    May 31, 1943
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  • 02/23
    2007

    Death

    February 23, 2007
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Melba Jean Simples lived 11 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 63.
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In 1943, in the year that Melba Jean Simples was born, on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.
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In 1957, by the time she was only 14 years old, on September 24th, the "Little Rock Nine" (nine African-American students) entered Little Rock High School. Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus had previously prevented the students from entering the school at the beginning of the term with the Arkansas National Guard - they blocked the door. President Eisenhower ordered federal troops - the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army - to guard the students and allow them entry.
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