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Willie Roby 1907 - 1982

Willie Roby of Columbus, Lowndes County, Mississippi was born on January 9, 1907, and died at age 75 years old in September 1982.
Willie Roby
Columbus, Lowndes County, Mississippi 39701
January 9, 1907
September 1982
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Willie Roby's History: 1907 - 1982

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    1907

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    January 9, 1907
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  • 09/dd
    1982

    Death

    September 1982
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    Willie Roby lived 3 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 75.
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In 1907, in the year that Willie Roby was born, the showman Florenz Ziegfeld introduced his Ziegfeld Follies. Ziegfeld was inspired by the Folies Bergère of Paris and the show was a step up from the then current vaudeville shows. The top entertainers of the time played in the Follies but the stars were the Ziegfeld girls - beautiful chorus girls in elaborate costumes. For almost a quarter of a century, the Ziegfeld follies were the toast of Broadway.
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In 1917, Willie was merely 10 years old when 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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