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Ruth Mae Lawson 1917 - 2008

Ruth Mae Lawson of Lakeland, Polk County, FL was born on November 4, 1917, and died at age 91 years old on December 22, 2008. Ruth Lawson was buried at Florida National Cemetery Section 502A Site 703 6502 Sw. 102nd Ave., in Bushnell.
Ruth Mae Lawson
Lakeland, Polk County, FL 33811
November 4, 1917
December 22, 2008
Female
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  • 11/4
    1917

    Birthday

    November 4, 1917
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: PFC Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 12/22
    2008

    Death

    December 22, 2008
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    Unknown
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    Florida National Cemetery Section 502A Site 703 6502 Sw. 102nd Ave., in Bushnell, Fl 33513
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In 1917, in the year that Ruth Mae Lawson was born, 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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In 1958, when she was 41 years old, on January 31st, Explorer I, the United States' answer to Sputnik I (and 2,) was launched. America had entered the Space Race. The first spacecraft to detect the Van Allen radiation belt, it remained in orbit until 1970.
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