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Willie Fricks Gillespie 1912 - 2006

Willie Fricks Gillespie of Seneca, Oconee County, South Carolina was born on September 24, 1912, and died at age 93 years old on January 4, 2006.
Willie Fricks Gillespie
Seneca, Oconee County, South Carolina 29672
September 24, 1912
January 4, 2006
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  • 09/24
    1912

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    September 24, 1912
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  • 01/4
    2006

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    January 4, 2006
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In 1912, in the year that Willie Fricks Gillespie was born, in October, former President Theodore Roosevelt was shot, but not killed, while campaigning for another term as President with the newly created Bull Moose (Progressive) Party. John Schrank was a Bavarian-born saloon-keeper from New York who had been stalking Roosevelt when he shot him just before a campaign speech. Shot in the chest (and showing the audience his bloody shirt), Roosevelt went on to give a 55 to 90 minute talk (reports vary on the length) before being treated for the injury. After 8 days in the hospital, Roosevelt went back on the campaign trail.
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In 1941, at the age of 29 years old, Willie 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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