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Melvin Watkins 1935 - 1980

Melvin Watkins of Dallas, Dallas County, Texas was born on September 17, 1935, and died at age 45 years old in November 1980.
Melvin Watkins
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas 75232
September 17, 1935
November 1980
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Melvin Watkins' History: 1935 - 1980

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  • 09/17
    1935

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    September 17, 1935
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  • 11/dd
    1980

    Death

    November 1980
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    Melvin Watkins lived 26 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 45.
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In 1935, in the year that Melvin Watkins was born, the BOI's name (the Bureau of Investigation) was changed to the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) and it officially became a separate agency with the Department of Justice. J. Edgar Hoover, the Chief of the BOI, continued in his office and became the first Director of the FBI. The FBI's responsibility is to "detect and prosecute crimes against the United States".
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In 1943, when he was just 8 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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