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Ruel Holcombe 1904 - 1969

Ruel Holcombe of Attalla, Etowah County, Alabama was born on July 23, 1904, and died at age 64 years old in April 1969.
Ruel Holcombe
Attalla, Etowah County, Alabama 35954
July 23, 1904
April 1969
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Ruel Holcombe's History: 1904 - 1969

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    1904

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    July 23, 1904
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  • 04/dd
    1969

    Death

    April 1969
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    Ruel Holcombe lived 9 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 64.
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In 1904, in the year that Ruel Holcombe was born, the Russo-Japanese war began. The Russian Empire and the Japanese Empire began fighting over the territories of Manchuria and Korea. Russia wanted a warm water port on the Pacific Ocean while Japan feared growing encroachment from Russia into Asia. So the Japan fleet launched a surprise attack on the Russian Navy and a one year war began. President Roosevelt of the United States brokered peace between the two nations. It was the first time in the modern era that an Asian power showed its dominance over a European power.
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In 1917, Ruel was merely 13 years old when on July 28, between ten and fifteen thousand blacks silently walked down New York City's Fifth Avenue to protest racial discrimination and violence. Lynchings in Waco Texas and hundreds of African-Americans killed in East St. Louis Illinois had sparked the protest. Picket signs said "Mother, do lynchers go to heaven?" "Mr. President, why not make America safe for democracy?" "Thou shalt not kill." "Pray for the Lady Macbeth's of East St. Louis" and "Give us a chance to live."
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