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Murrell Buskey 1884 - 1974

Murrell Buskey of Newport News, Newport News City County, Virginia was born on March 23, 1884, and died at age 90 years old in June 1974.
Murrell Buskey
Newport News, Newport News City County, Virginia 23606
March 23, 1884
June 1974
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    1884

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    March 23, 1884
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  • 06/dd
    1974

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    June 1974
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In 1884, in the year that Murrell Buskey was born, on May 1st, the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions - a US association - first resolved that "eight hours shall constitute a legal day's labour from and after May 1, 1886, and that we recommend to labour organisations throughout this jurisdiction that they so direct their laws as to conform to this resolution by the time named." Previously, workdays would consist of 10 to 16 hours a day - 6 days a week. It would take years before the 8 hour workday became common practice - and longer before it became a law.
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In 1896, at the age of just 12 years old, Murrell was alive when on May 18th, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson. By a vote of 7 to 1, the Court upheld state racial segregation laws, introducing the idea of "separate but equal" facilities for races.
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