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Myrtis H Herndon 1919 - 1998

Myrtis H Herndon of Monticello, Jefferson County, FL was born on November 18, 1919, and died at age 78 years old on February 13, 1998.
Myrtis H Herndon
Monticello, Jefferson County, FL 32344
November 18, 1919
February 13, 1998
Female
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Myrtis H Herndon's History: 1919 - 1998

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  • 11/18
    1919

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    November 18, 1919
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  • 02/13
    1998

    Death

    February 13, 1998
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    Myrtis H Herndon lived 6 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 78.
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In 1919, in the year that Myrtis H Herndon was born, in the summer and early autumn, race riots erupted in 26 U.S. cities, resulting in hundreds of deaths and even more people being badly hurt. In most cases, African-Americans were the victims. It was called the "Red Summer". Men who were returning from World War I needed jobs and there was competition for those jobs among the races. Tension was heightened by the use by many companies of blacks as strikebreakers.
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In 1943, at the age of 24 years old, Myrtis was alive when 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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