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Willie Charles Mckelroy 1917 - 2006

Willie Charles Mckelroy of Waco, McLennan County, Texas was born on February 26, 1917, and died at age 89 years old on August 13, 2006.
Willie Charles Mckelroy
Waco, McLennan County, Texas 76707
February 26, 1917
August 13, 2006
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  • 02/26
    1917

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    February 26, 1917
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  • 08/13
    2006

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    August 13, 2006
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    Willie Charles Mckelroy lived 14 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 89.
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In 1917, in the year that Willie Charles Mckelroy 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 1920, he was just 3 years old when on January 1, over 6000 people were arrested and put in prison because they were suspected of being communists. . Many had to be released in a few weeks and only 3 guns were found in their homes. The U.S. Department of Justice "red hunt" netted thousands of "radicals" and suspected "communists" and aliens were deported. But the "hunt" ended after Attorney General Palmer forecast a massive radical uprising on May Day and the day passed without incident.
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