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Ben C Kelley 1917 - 2007

Ben Curtis Kelley of San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA was born on September 13, 1917, and died at age 90 years old on November 10, 2007. Ben Kelley was buried at Sacramento Valley National Cemetery Section 2 Site 887 5810 Midway Road, in Dixon.
Ben Curtis Kelley
San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA 94115
September 13, 1917
November 10, 2007
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  • 09/13
    1917

    Birthday

    September 13, 1917
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Negro, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Travis County, Texas United States
  • Early Life & Education

    2 Years Of High School
  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: MSG Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii, Korea, Vietnam Military serial#: 06286244 Enlisted: November 9, 1945 in Cp Beale Marysville California Military branch: Quartermaster Corps First Sergeant Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, And Enlisted Men) Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For Hawaiian Department
  • Professional Career

    Tinsmiths, Coppersmiths, And Sheet Metal Workers
  • 11/10
    2007

    Death

    November 10, 2007
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Funeral date
    Sacramento Valley National Cemetery Section 2 Site 887 5810 Midway Road, in Dixon, Ca 95620
    Burial location
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In 1917, in the year that Ben C Kelley 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 1943, at the age of 26 years old, Ben was alive when on March 31st, the Broadway musical Oklahoma! opened. Written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II (the first of their string of successful collaborations), audiences loved it. The musical ran for 2,212 performances originally and was made into a movie in 1954.
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