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William L Gist 1919 - 1990

William L Gist was born on August 12, 1919, and died at age 71 years old on August 26, 1990. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember William L Gist.
William L Gist
August 12, 1919
August 26, 1990
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  • 08/12
    1919

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    August 12, 1919
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  • 08/26
    1990

    Death

    August 26, 1990
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    William L Gist lived exactly as long as the average family member when died at the age of 71.
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In 1919, in the year that William L Gist 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 1924, William was merely 5 years old when J. Edgar Hoover, at the age of 29, was appointed the sixth director of the Bureau of Investigation by Calvin Coolidge (which later became the Federal Bureau of Investigation). The Bureau had approximately 650 employees, including 441 Special Agents. A former employee of the Justice Department, Hoover accepted his new position on the proviso that the bureau was to be completely divorced from politics and that the director report only to the attorney general.
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