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Melvin L Kessinger 1915 - 2000

Melvin L Kessinger of Broken Arrow, Tulsa County, OK was born on February 26, 1915, and died at age 85 years old on July 4, 2000. Melvin Kessinger was buried at Ft. Gibson National Cemetery Section 16 Site 647 1423 Cemetery Road, in Fort Gibson.
Melvin L Kessinger
Broken Arrow, Tulsa County, OK 74012
February 26, 1915
July 4, 2000
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  • 02/26
    1915

    Birthday

    February 26, 1915
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    Unknown
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: PFC Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 07/4
    2000

    Death

    July 4, 2000
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Ft. Gibson National Cemetery Section 16 Site 647 1423 Cemetery Road, in Fort Gibson, Ok 74434
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In 1915, in the year that Melvin L Kessinger was born, The Birth of a Nation opened in February. A silent film, it was the most ambitious film to date and is considered a classic. Three hours long, it starred Lillian Gish and was directed by D. W. Griffith. The movie was based on the book The Clansman and told the story of two families (one pro-Union and one pro-Confederate) and their relationship during the Civil War and Reconstruction. The KKK was shown as "a heroic force".
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In 1943, when he was 28 years old, 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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