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Merle Collins 1917 - 1967

Merle Collins was born on June 24, 1917, and died at age 50 years old in September 1967. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Merle Collins.

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In 1917, in the year that Merle Collins was born, on July 28, between ten and fifteen thousand blacks silently walked down New York City's Fifth Avenue to protest racial discrimination and violence. Lynchings in Waco Texas and hundreds of African-Americans killed in East St. Louis Illinois had sparked the protest. Picket signs said "Mother, do lynchers go to heaven?" "Mr. President, why not make America safe for democracy?" "Thou shalt not kill." "Pray for the Lady Macbeth's of East St. Louis" and "Give us a chance to live."
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In 1921, when he was merely 4 years old, on November 11th, the first burial was held at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. The body of an unknown soldier - selected by Army Sgt. Edward F. Younger who was highly decorated for valor and received the Distinguished Service Cross in "The Great War" - was brought back from France (World War 1) and placed in the newly completed tomb. President Warren G. Harding officiated at the interment ceremonies.
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Collins, Merle (Jul 31, 1905 - Sep 1981) Collins, Merle (Jul 8, 1908 - Feb 1985) Collins, Merle (Apr 2, 1890 - Jan 1975) Collins, Merle (May 4, 1905 - Sep 1970) Collins, Merle (Nov 29, 1906 - Mar 1980) Collins, Merle (Dec 2, 1939 - Oct 17, 2004) Collins, Merle (Mar 12, 1908 - Jun 1983) Collins, Merle (Jul 3, 1937 - Apr 23, 2004) Collins, Merle (Jan 14, 1925 - Apr 18, 2000) Collins, Merle (Aug 3, 1902 - Jan 1975)

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Collins, Edith (Born Jul 14, 1898) Collins, Scott (Born 1878) Collins, Mary (Born 1873) Collins, Virgil Collins, Margaret A (Born Dec 2, 1914) Collins, Henry (Born 1894) Collins, Bessie (Born Dec 18, 1908) Collins, Carl (Born Jul 19, 1915) Collins, Cuba (Born 1911) Collins, Cora Ann (Born Feb 28, 1914)
Collins, La Wanna (Born Jan 19, 1927) Collins, Howard (Born Jan 4, 1930) Collins, Bertha (Born 1902) Collins, Robert (Born Apr 18, 1897) Collins, Theodore (Sep 5, 1902 - Sep 1978) Collins, James (Born Jan 20, 1868) Collins, Hubert Collins, Cora H.h.collins, Wlm. (Born Sep 8, 1859) Collins, Alice (Born Feb 1934)
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