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Benny A Finney 1943 - 2009

Benny A Finney of Chicago, Cook County, IL was born on November 21, 1943, and died at age 66 years old on December 17, 2009. Benny Finney was buried at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery Section 5 Site 767 20953 West Hoff Road, in Elwood.
Benny A Finney
Chicago, Cook County, IL 60621
November 21, 1943
December 17, 2009
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  • 11/21
    1943

    Birthday

    November 21, 1943
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: PFC
  • 12/17
    2009

    Death

    December 17, 2009
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    Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery Section 5 Site 767 20953 West Hoff Road, in Elwood, Il 60421
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In 1943, in the year that Benny A Finney was born, 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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In 1962, he was 19 years old when on October 1st, African-American James H. Meredith, escorted by federal marshals, registered at the University of Mississippi - becoming the first African-American student admitted to the segregated college. He had been inspired by President Kennedy's inaugural address to apply for admission.
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