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Wilburn Drew Champion Jr 1922 - 2011

Wilburn Drew Champion Jr of Boulder City, Clark County, NV was born on November 19, 1922, and died at age 88 years old on August 19, 2011. Wilburn Champion was buried at Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery Section AC Site 22 1900 Buchanan Blvd., in Boulder City.
Wilburn Drew Champion Jr
Boulder City, Clark County, NV 89005
November 19, 1922
August 19, 2011
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  • 11/19
    1922

    Birthday

    November 19, 1922
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: PFC Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 08/19
    2011

    Death

    August 19, 2011
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    Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery Section AC Site 22 1900 Buchanan Blvd., in Boulder City, Nv 89005
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In 1922, in the year that Wilburn Drew Champion Jr 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 1947, when he was 25 years old, on April 15th, Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers, playing first base. He was the first black man to play in the Major Leagues. Since the 1880's, professional baseball had been segregated and blacks played in the "Negro leagues". He went on to play for 10 years.
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