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Obie Chapman 1931 - 1993

Obie Chapman of Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI was born on January 2, 1931, and died at age 62 years old on April 30, 1993.
Obie Chapman
Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI 48212
January 2, 1931
April 30, 1993
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  • 01/2
    1931

    Birthday

    January 2, 1931
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  • 04/30
    1993

    Death

    April 30, 1993
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    Obie Chapman lived 10 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 62.
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In 1931, in the year that Obie Chapman was born, on May 1st, the Empire State Building opened in New York City. At 1,454 feet (including the roof and antenna), it was the tallest building in the world until the World Trade Center's North Tower was built in 1970. (It is now the 34th tallest.) Opening at the beginning of the Great Depression, most of the offices in the Empire State Building remained unoccupied for years and the observation deck was an equal source of revenue and kept the building profitable.
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In 1943, at the age of only 12 years old, Obie 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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