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William D Simms 1938 - 2011

William D Simms of Chicago, Cook County, IL was born on December 17, 1938, and died at age 72 years old on January 23, 2011.

William D Simms

Chicago, Cook County, IL 60616

December 17, 1938

January 23, 2011

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1938

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December 17, 1938

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January 23, 2011

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In 1938, in the year that William D Simms was born, on June 25th (a Saturday) the Fair Labor Standards Act was signed into law by President Roosevelt (along with 120 other bills). The Act banned oppressive child labor, set the minimum hourly wage at 25 cents, and established the maximum workweek at 44 hours. It faced a lot of opposition and in fighting for it, Roosevelt said "Do not let any calamity-howling executive with an income of $1,000 a day, ...tell you...that a wage of $11 a week is going to have a disastrous effect on all American industry."

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In 1947, at the age of merely 9 years old, William was alive when 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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