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Ruth Selman 1917 - 2011

Ruth Selman of Dearborn, Wayne County, MI was born on March 14, 1917, and died at age 93 years old on February 9, 2011.
Ruth Selman
Dearborn, Wayne County, MI 48128
March 14, 1917
February 9, 2011
Female
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  • 03/14
    1917

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    March 14, 1917
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  • 02/9
    2011

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    February 9, 2011
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    Ruth Selman lived 21 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 93.
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In 1917, in the year that Ruth Selman 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 1929, Ruth was only 12 years old when on March 4th, Herbert Hoover became the 31st President of the United States. Early in his presidency, the October stock market crash - "Black Tuesday" - occurred, which lead to the Great Depression. None of his economic policies were able to make a dent in the Depression. This lead to one term and the election of Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt winning the 1933 election in a landslide.
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