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Vesta Barringer 1922 - 1984

Vesta Barringer of Buncombe, Johnson County, Illinois was born on May 28, 1922, and died at age 62 years old in August 1984.
Vesta Barringer
Buncombe, Johnson County, Illinois 62912
May 28, 1922
August 1984
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Vesta Barringer's History: 1922 - 1984

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  • 05/28
    1922

    Birthday

    May 28, 1922
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  • 08/dd
    1984

    Death

    August 1984
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    Vesta Barringer lived 12 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 62.
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In 1922, in the year that Vesta Barringer was born, on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.
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In 1943, Vesta was 21 years old 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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