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William J May 1903 - 1990

William J May of Oak Lawn, Cook County, IL was born on August 30, 1903, and died at age 87 years old on September 10, 1990.
William J May
Oak Lawn, Cook County, IL 60453
August 30, 1903
September 10, 1990
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  • 08/30
    1903

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    August 30, 1903
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  • 09/10
    1990

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    September 10, 1990
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    William J May lived 14 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 87.
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In 1903, in the year that William J May was born, the book The Souls of Black Folk, written by W. E. B. Du Bois, was published. Containing several essays on the African-American experience in America, much of the book was based on Du Bois' own life. The book was one of the very early works in the science of sociology.
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In 1943, at the age of 40 years old, William was alive when on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.
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