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Riley Brackins 1884 - 1976

Riley Brackins of Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee was born on March 17, 1884, and died at age 92 years old in September 1976.
Riley Brackins
Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee 37862
March 17, 1884
September 1976
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Riley Brackins' History: 1884 - 1976

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  • 03/17
    1884

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    March 17, 1884
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  • 09/dd
    1976

    Death

    September 1976
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    Riley Brackins lived 25 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 92.
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In 1884, in the year that Riley Brackins was born, on August 5th, the cornerstone for the base of the Statue of Liberty - a gift from the people of France - was laid. 120,000 people - most donations were $1 - donated to the completion of the base. An 1883 poem by Emma Lazarus was also written to raise funds. That poem was included in the base of the statue and is well known today. The most famous phrase: "Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
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In 1943, he was 59 years old 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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