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Viola Brooks 1937 - 1996

Viola Brooks of Chicago, Cook County, IL was born on May 5, 1937, and died at age 59 years old on December 31, 1996.
Viola Brooks
Chicago, Cook County, IL 60653
May 5, 1937
December 31, 1996
Female
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Viola Brooks' History: 1937 - 1996

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  • 05/5
    1937

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    May 5, 1937
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  • 12/31
    1996

    Death

    December 31, 1996
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    Viola Brooks lived 12 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 59.
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In 1937, in the year that Viola Brooks was born, on May 6th, the German zeppelin the Hindenburg caught fire and blew up. The Hindenburg was a passenger ship traveling to Frankfurt Germany. It tried to dock in New Jersey, one of the stops, and something went wrong - it blew up. Thirty-six people were killed out of the 97 on board - 13 passengers, 22 crewmen, and one ground worker. The reasons for the explosion are still disputed.
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In 1964, Viola was 27 years old when in June, three young civil rights workers - Andrew Goodman and Mickey Schwerner from New York City, and James Chaney from Meridian, Mississippi - were kidnapped and murdered in Mississippi. Working with "Freedom Summer", they were registering African-Americans to vote in the Southern states. Their bodies were found two months later. Although it was discovered that the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, the Neshoba County Sheriff's Office and the Philadelphia, Mississippi Police Department were involved, only 7 men were convicted and served less than six years.
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