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Ola Wayland 1917 - 1992

Ola Wayland of Walnut Ridge, Lawrence County, AR was born on November 12, 1917, and died at age 74 years old on July 8, 1992.
Ola Wayland
Walnut Ridge, Lawrence County, AR 72476
November 12, 1917
July 8, 1992
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  • 11/12
    1917

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    November 12, 1917
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  • 07/8
    1992

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    July 8, 1992
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In 1917, in the year that Ola Wayland 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 1941, Ola was 24 years old when on June 25th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8802, prohibiting racial discrimination in the defense industry. EO 8802 was the first federal action to prohibit employment discrimination - without prejudice as to "race, creed, color, or national origin" - in the U.S. Civil Rights groups had planned a march on Washington D.C. to protest for equal rights but with the signing of the Order, they canceled the March.
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