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Walter J Collins 1917 - 1986

Walter J Collins of Rockingham, Richmond County, North Carolina was born on April 15, 1917, and died at age 69 years old in May 1986.
Walter J Collins
Rockingham, Richmond County, North Carolina 28379
April 15, 1917
May 1986
Male
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  • 04/15
    1917

    Birthday

    April 15, 1917
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Negro, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    United States
  • Early Life & Education

    Grammar School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 33733599 Enlisted: November 2, 1945 in Greensboro North Carolina Military branch: No Branch Assignment Rank: Private First Class, Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, And Enlisted Men) Terms of enlistment: One Year Enlistment
  • 05/dd
    1986

    Death

    May 1986
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
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In 1917, in the year that Walter J Collins 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 1932, by the time he was just 15 years old, five years to the day after Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic, Amelia Earhart flew solo from Newfoundland to Ireland, the first woman to cross the Atlantic solo and the first to replicate Lindbergh's feat. She flew over 2,000 miles in just under 15 hours.
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