Roy Leslie Pryor (born 1924)

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Roy's Family

Leslie George Pryor

Geraldine Violet (Barrington) Pryor

Doris May Pryor Roy Leslie Pryor

Arthur William Pryor

Parents:

Leslie George Pryor

1895 - Unknown

Geraldine Violet (Barrington) Pryor

1895 - Nov 7, 1936

Siblings:

Arthur William Pryor

c. 1923 - Jul 6, 1944

Doris May Pryor

1927 - Unknown

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Fannie Pryor Family

Ann and James Stanaway Gravesite

Bemiss Elementary School, Washington

Saundra Kay Pryor

Tracy D. Pryor

Miss K. Pryor

Warren Guy and Clayton Robert Pryor

Elsie Venus Case Pryor

Annie Marie (Pryor) Salmon

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In 1924, in the year that Roy Leslie Pryor was born, in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.

In 1937, on May 28th, the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge opened to cars. Taking 5 years to build, the 4,200-foot-long suspension bridge was an engineering marvel of its time - 11 men died during construction. The "international orange" color was chosen because it resisted rust and fading. To the present, it is the symbol of the City that is known throughout the world.

In 1943, 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.

In 1957, on September 24th, the "Little Rock Nine" (nine African-American students) entered Little Rock High School. Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus had previously prevented the students from entering the school at the beginning of the term with the Arkansas National Guard - they blocked the door. President Eisenhower ordered federal troops - the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army - to guard the students and allow them entry.

In 1968, on January 31st, the North Vietnamese launched the Tet Offensive, a turning point in the Vietnam War. 70,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces swarmed into South Vietnam. The South Vietnamese and US troops held off the offensive but it was such fierce fighting that the U.S. public began to turn against the war.