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Wendell C Hipkins 1919 - 2001

Wendell C Hipkins of Roanoke, Roanoke City County, VA was born on August 12, 1919, and died at age 82 years old on August 12, 2001.
Wendell C Hipkins
Roanoke, Roanoke City County, VA 24014
August 12, 1919
August 12, 2001
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  • 08/12
    1919

    Birthday

    August 12, 1919
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Negro, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    District Of Columbia County, District Of Columbia, Limited Service Or (algeria Or Cameroons Or Chad Or Comoros Or Dahomey Or French African Possessions Or French Equatorial Africa Or French Guinea Or French Morocco Or French Somaliland Or French Soudan Or French West Africa Or Gabon Or Ivory Coast Or Madagascar Or Mauritania Or Middle Congo Or Reunion Or Sahara Or Senegal Or Somali Coast Or Territory Of Niger Or Togo Or Tunisia Or Ubangi Sari Or Upper Volta) United States
  • Early Life & Education

    4 Years Of High School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 33743965 Enlisted: June 28, 1943 in Ft Myer Virginia Military branch: No Branch Assignment Rank: Private, Selectees (enlisted Men) Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For The Duration Of The War Or Other Emergency, Plus Six Months, Subject To The Discretion Of The President Or Otherwise According To Law
  • Professional Career

    Office Machine Operators
  • 08/12
    2001

    Death

    August 12, 2001
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
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In 1919, in the year that Wendell C Hipkins was born, in the summer and early autumn, race riots erupted in 26 U.S. cities, resulting in hundreds of deaths and even more people being badly hurt. In most cases, African-Americans were the victims. It was called the "Red Summer". Men who were returning from World War I needed jobs and there was competition for those jobs among the races. Tension was heightened by the use by many companies of blacks as strikebreakers.
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In 1927, by the time he was merely 8 years old, aviator and media darling Charles Lindbergh, age 25, made the first successful solo TransAtlantic flight. "Lucky Lindy" took off from Long Island in New York and flew to Paris, covering  3,600 statute miles and flying for 33 1⁄2-hours. His plane "The Spirit of St. Louis" was a fabric-covered, single-seat, single-engine "Ryan NYP" high-wing monoplane designed by both Lindbergh and the manufacturer's chief engineer.
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