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Robeson Williams 1886 - 1967

Robeson Williams of Lumberton, Robeson County, North Carolina was born on May 7, 1886, and died at age 81 years old in August 1967.
Robeson Williams
Lumberton, Robeson County, North Carolina 28358
May 7, 1886
August 1967
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    1886

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    1967

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In 1886, in the year that Robeson Williams was born, on May 4th, a general strike began in Chicago. Workers were striking for an 8 hour workday and in protest of the killing - by police - of several workers the day before. When an unknown person threw a dynamite bomb, the strike became violent. Seven policemen were killed as well as 4 civilians. It became known as the Haymarket Riot and eventually resulted in an 8 hourwork day as well as commemorations on May 1st for worker's rights.
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In 1931, Robeson was 45 years old when on May 1st, the Empire State Building opened in New York City. At 1,454 feet (including the roof and antenna), it was the tallest building in the world until the World Trade Center's North Tower was built in 1970. (It is now the 34th tallest.) Opening at the beginning of the Great Depression, most of the offices in the Empire State Building remained unoccupied for years and the observation deck was an equal source of revenue and kept the building profitable.
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