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William O Twigg 1917 - 2000

William O Twigg of Frostburg, Allegany County, MD was born on August 4, 1917, and died at age 83 years old on December 1, 2000.
William O Twigg
Frostburg, Allegany County, MD 21532
August 4, 1917
December 1, 2000
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  • 08/4
    1917

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    August 4, 1917
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  • 12/1
    2000

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    December 1, 2000
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In 1917, in the year that William O Twigg was born, on July 28, between ten and fifteen thousand blacks silently walked down New York City's Fifth Avenue to protest racial discrimination and violence. Lynchings in Waco Texas and hundreds of African-Americans killed in East St. Louis Illinois had sparked the protest. Picket signs said "Mother, do lynchers go to heaven?" "Mr. President, why not make America safe for democracy?" "Thou shalt not kill." "Pray for the Lady Macbeth's of East St. Louis" and "Give us a chance to live."
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In 1941, at the age of 24 years old, William was alive when on June 25th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8802, prohibiting racial discrimination in the defense industry. EO 8802 was the first federal action to prohibit employment discrimination - without prejudice as to "race, creed, color, or national origin" - in the U.S. Civil Rights groups had planned a march on Washington D.C. to protest for equal rights but with the signing of the Order, they canceled the March.
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