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Melvin Brinkley 1935 - 2006

Melvin Brinkley of Portsmouth, Portsmouth City County, VA was born on August 2, 1935, and died at age 70 years old on March 22, 2006.

Melvin Brinkley

Portsmouth, Portsmouth City County, VA 23701

August 2, 1935

March 22, 2006

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August 2, 1935

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March 22, 2006

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Melvin Brinkley lived 1 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 70.

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In 1935, in the year that Melvin Brinkley was born, on September 8th, Louisiana Senator Huey Long was shot by Dr. Carl Weiss. Weiss was shot and killed immediately by Long's bodyguards - Long died two days later from his injuries. Long had received many death threats previously, as well as threats against his family. He was a powerful and controversial figure in Louisiana politics (and probably gained power through multiple criminal acts). His opponents became frustrated with their attempts to oust him and Dr. Weiss was the son-in-law of one of those opponents. His funeral was attended by 200,000 mourners.

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In 1941, at the age of merely 6 years old, Melvin was alive 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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