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Ruby (Batiste) Smith 1941 - 2009

Ruby Lee Smith of Longview, Gregg County, Texas was born on November 22, 1941, and died at age 67 years old on September 1, 2009.
Ruby Lee Smith
Longview, Gregg County, Texas 75602
November 22, 1941
September 1, 2009
Female
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Ruby Lee Smith's History: 1941 - 2009

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  • 11/22
    1941

    Birthday

    November 22, 1941
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Nationality & Locations

    Texas
  • 09/1
    2009

    Death

    September 1, 2009
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
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    Ruby (Batiste) Smith lived 5 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 67.
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In 1941, in the year that Ruby (Batiste) Smith was born, on June 25th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8802, prohibiting racial discrimination in the defense industry. EO 8802 was the first federal action to prohibit employment discrimination - without prejudice as to "race, creed, color, or national origin" - in the U.S. Civil Rights groups had planned a march on Washington D.C. to protest for equal rights but with the signing of the Order, they canceled the March.
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In 1964, she was 23 years old when in June, three young civil rights workers - Andrew Goodman and Mickey Schwerner from New York City, and James Chaney from Meridian, Mississippi - were kidnapped and murdered in Mississippi. Working with "Freedom Summer", they were registering African-Americans to vote in the Southern states. Their bodies were found two months later. Although it was discovered that the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, the Neshoba County Sheriff's Office and the Philadelphia, Mississippi Police Department were involved, only 7 men were convicted and served less than six years.
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Ruby Smith's Family Tree & Friends

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Ruby (Batiste) Smith

October 28, 1978
Marriage date
Harris County, TX
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