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Richard L Gassaway 1917 - 2008

Richard L Gassaway of Memphis, Shelby County, TN was born on June 25, 1917, and died at age 91 years old on August 15, 2008.
Richard L Gassaway
Memphis, Shelby County, TN 38120
June 25, 1917
August 15, 2008
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  • 06/25
    1917

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    June 25, 1917
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  • 08/15
    2008

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    August 15, 2008
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    Richard L Gassaway lived 18 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 91.
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In 1917, in the year that Richard L Gassaway 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 1951, by the time he was 34 years old, on April 5th, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg (husband and wife) were sentenced to death for treason. They were executed on June 19th. American citizens, they were convicted of spying for the Soviet Union. Their two young sons were adopted by a high school teacher and his wife.
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