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Shirley Copeland 1939 - 1979

Shirley Copeland was born on January 3, 1939, and died at age 40 years old in May 1979. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Shirley Copeland.

Shirley Copeland

January 3, 1939

May 1979

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January 3, 1939

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May 1979

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Shirley Copeland lived 31 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 40.

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In 1939, in the year that Shirley Copeland was born, on the 1st of September, Nazi Germany invaded Poland. On September 17th, the Soviet Union invaded Poland as well. Poland expected help from France and the United Kingdom, since they had a pact with both. But no help came. By October 6th, the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany held full control of the previously Polish lands. Eventually, the invasion of Poland lead to World War II.

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In 1943, at the age of merely 4 years old, Shirley was alive when on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.

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