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Ruth H Lea 1919 - 1990

Ruth H Lea of Cookeville, Putnam County, TN was born on September 8, 1919, and died at age 70 years old on February 25, 1990.
Ruth H Lea
Cookeville, Putnam County, TN 38501
September 8, 1919
February 25, 1990
Female
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  • 09/8
    1919

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    September 8, 1919
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  • 02/25
    1990

    Death

    February 25, 1990
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    Ruth H Lea lived 3 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 70.
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In 1919, in the year that Ruth H Lea was born, in the summer and early autumn, race riots erupted in 26 U.S. cities, resulting in hundreds of deaths and even more people being badly hurt. In most cases, African-Americans were the victims. It was called the "Red Summer". Men who were returning from World War I needed jobs and there was competition for those jobs among the races. Tension was heightened by the use by many companies of blacks as strikebreakers.
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In 1935, she was 16 years old when the BOI's name (the Bureau of Investigation) was changed to the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) and it officially became a separate agency with the Department of Justice. J. Edgar Hoover, the Chief of the BOI, continued in his office and became the first Director of the FBI. The FBI's responsibility is to "detect and prosecute crimes against the United States".
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