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William Townsend 1942 - 1986

William Townsend of Smithfield, Isle of Wight County, Virginia was born on December 3, 1942, and died at age 43 years old in May 1986.
William Townsend
Smithfield, Isle of Wight County, Virginia 23430
December 3, 1942
May 1986
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William Townsend's History: 1942 - 1986

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  • 12/3
    1942

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    December 3, 1942
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  • 05/dd
    1986

    Death

    May 1986
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    William Townsend lived 29 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 43.
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In 1942, in the year that William Townsend was born, on February 19th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. This authorized the Secretary of War to "prescribe certain areas as military zones." On March 21st, he signed Public Law 503 which was approved after an hour discussion in the Senate and 30 minutes in the House. The Law provided for enforcement of his Executive Order. This cleared the way for approximately 120,000 men, women, and children of Japanese ancestry to be evicted from the West Coast and to be held in concentration camps and other confinement sites across the country. In Hawaii, a few thousand were detained. German and Italian Americans in the U.S. were also confined.
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In 1954, at the age of only 12 years old, William was alive when on May 17th, the Supreme Court released a decision on Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. The ruling stated that state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students was unconstitutional thus paving the way for integration in schools.
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