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Willie Turner 1920 - 2007

Willie M Turner of Preston, Kemper County, MS was born on October 1, 1920, and died at age 87 years old on December 27, 2007.
Willie M Turner
Preston, Kemper County, MS 39354
October 1, 1920
December 27, 2007
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Willie M Turner's History: 1920 - 2007

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  • 10/1
    1920

    Birthday

    October 1, 1920
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Negro, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Grenada County, Mississippi United States
  • Early Life & Education

    Grammar School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 34425041 Enlisted: September 15, 1942 in Cp Shelby Mississippi Military branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, Usa Rank: Private, Selectees (enlisted Men) Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For The Duration Of The War Or Other Emergency, Plus Six Months, Subject To The Discretion Of The President Or Otherwise According To Law
  • Professional Career

    Farm Hands, General Farms
  • 12/27
    2007

    Death

    December 27, 2007
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
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In 1920, in the year that Willie Turner was born, 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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In 1943, he was 23 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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