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Oretha Cameron 1938 - 2006

Oretha Cameron of Smithdale, Amite County, MS was born on September 27, 1938, and died at age 67 years old on July 9, 2006.
Oretha Cameron
Smithdale, Amite County, MS 39664
September 27, 1938
July 9, 2006
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  • 09/27
    1938

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    September 27, 1938
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  • 07/9
    2006

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    July 9, 2006
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    Oretha Cameron lived 6 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 67.
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In 1938, in the year that Oretha Cameron was born, on June 25th (a Saturday) the Fair Labor Standards Act was signed into law by President Roosevelt (along with 120 other bills). The Act banned oppressive child labor, set the minimum hourly wage at 25 cents, and established the maximum workweek at 44 hours. It faced a lot of opposition and in fighting for it, Roosevelt said "Do not let any calamity-howling executive with an income of $1,000 a day, ...tell you...that a wage of $11 a week is going to have a disastrous effect on all American industry."
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In 1941, when she was merely 3 years old, 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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