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Richard Francis Raftis 1917 - 1953

Richard Francis Raftis of Blackburn Australia was born in 1917 to Patrick Raftis and Josephine Obrien Raftis. He had siblings William Robert Raftis and Joseph Patrick Raftis. Richard Raftis died at age 36 years old in 1953 in Blackburn.

Richard Francis Raftis
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Blackburn Australia
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1917
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1953
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In 1917, in the year that Richard Francis Raftis 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 1926, Richard was merely 9 years old when on November 15th, NBC was founded. It was the U.S.'s first major broadcast network. Ownership of the network was split between RCA (a majority partner at 50%), its founding corporate parent General Electric (which owned 30%), and Westinghouse (which owned the remaining 20%).
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Raftis, Alexandra (Jun 9, 1899 - Feb 21, 1993) Raftis, Spiros (May 21, 1909 - Sep 12, 1992) Raftis, Ann (Sep 18, 1916 - Dec 25, 1999) Raftis, Thomas (Jul 15, 1921 - Nov 23, 2000) Raftis, Paul (Mar 18, 1887 - Sep 1979) Raftis, Georgios (Jul 2, 1911 - Jul 1980) Raftis, William (Jan 25, 1924 - May 10, 2007) Raftis, Nicholas (May 24, 1982 - May 29, 2010) Raftis, Dorothy (Jul 17, 1905 - Jun 25, 1991) Raftis, Mary (Aug 1, 1912 - Jan 4, 1995)
Raftis, William (Sep 8, 1909 - Dec 15, 1990) Raftis, Athina (Jul 17, 1929 - Oct 2, 2002) Raftis, Beatrice (Sep 8, 1911 - Jul 1987) Raftis, Dionisios (Dec 16, 1914 - Dec 12, 1990) Raftis, Esther (Mar 11, 1911 - May 1984) Raftis, James (Dec 8, 1907 - Oct 3, 1994) Raftis, Gertrude (Jan 7, 1910 - Dec 1982) Raftis, Robert (Feb 24, 1915 - Apr 20, 1989) Raftis, Harry (Feb 12, 1893 - Apr 16, 1989) Raftis, William (Dec 10, 1882 - Sep 1962)
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