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Willie Graves Jr 1933 - 2009

Willie Graves Jr of Houston, Harris County, Texas was born on June 12, 1933, and died at age 76 years old on August 21, 2009. Willie Graves was buried at Houston National Cemetery Section T1 Site 443 10410 Veterans Memorial Drive, in Houston.
Willie Graves Jr
Houston, Harris County, Texas 77016
June 12, 1933
August 21, 2009
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  • 06/12
    1933

    Birthday

    June 12, 1933
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army, Us Army Rank attained: SP4, SP4 Wars/Conflicts: Korea
  • 08/21
    2009

    Death

    August 21, 2009
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Houston National Cemetery Section T1 Site 443 10410 Veterans Memorial Drive, in Houston, Tx 77038
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In 1933, in the year that Willie Graves Jr was born, Frances Perkins became the first woman to hold a cabinet-level position, appointed by President Roosevelt to serve as Secretary of Labor. She told him that her priorities would be a 40-hour work week, a minimum wage, unemployment compensation, worker’s compensation, abolition of child labor, direct federal aid to the states for unemployment relief, Social Security, a revitalized federal employment service, and universal health insurance. President Roosevelt approved of all of them and most them were implemented during his terms as President. She served until his death in 1945.
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In 1943, Willie was only 10 years old when on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.
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