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Roy J Thornton 1909 - 2002

Roy J Thornton of Chicago, Cook County, IL was born on November 29, 1909, and died at age 92 years old on November 4, 2002.
Roy J Thornton
Chicago, Cook County, IL 60619
November 29, 1909
November 4, 2002
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  • 11/29
    1909

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    November 29, 1909
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  • 11/4
    2002

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    November 4, 2002
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    Roy J Thornton lived 21 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 92.
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In 1909, in the year that Roy J Thornton was born, the NAACP was founded by W. E. B. Du Bois. The organization focused on legal strategies designed to confront the critical civil rights issues of the day - which included lynching and segregation in schools. The goal was to secure for all people the rights guaranteed in the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the United States Constitution.
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In 1933, by the time he was 24 years old, on March 4th, Franklin Delano Roosevelt became the 32nd President of the United States. He was elected four times (equaled by no other President) and guided the United States through the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, and World War 2. His wife was his cousin Eleanor Roosevelt (Teddy Roosevelt's niece) who President Truman called "First Lady of the World". Some of the major programs that survive from his presidency are the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Wagner Act (The National Labor Relations Act of 1935) , the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Social Security.
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