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Boretha Marks 1925 - 1989

Boretha Marks of Houston, Harris County, TX was born on August 6, 1925, and died at age 63 years old on March 25, 1989.

Boretha Marks
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Houston, Harris County, TX 77028
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August 6, 1925
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March 25, 1989
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    1925

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In 1925, in the year that Boretha Marks was born, gangster Al "Scarface" Capone took over the Chicago bootlegging racket at age 26. Previously right hand man to boss Johnny Torrio, Capone took over when Torrio was shot and severely injured and decided to resign. The bootlegging and brothel organization was massive and when asked what he did, Capone often replied "I am just a businessman, giving the people what they want".
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In 1943, at the age of 18 years old, Boretha was alive 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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Marks, Pam (Born Jan 1951) Marks, Ernest (Born Feb 15, 1918) Marks, Walter (Jul 27, 1915 - May 17, 1999) Marks, Alex (May 25, 1913 - Apr 2, 1992) Marks, John (Feb 18, 1892 - Aug 1970) Marks, Andrew (Mar 1, 1922 - Apr 1973) Marks, Edmund (Jul 15, 1902 - Feb 1972) Marks, Muriel (Aug 8, 1942 - Nov 8, 1994) Marks, Marlene (Nov 22, 1943 - Mar 13, 2010) Marks, Neil
Marks, Copeland (Feb 1, 1921 - Dec 29, 1999) Marks, Joe (May 21, 1905 - Nov 1973) Marks, Victoria (Mar 29, 1896 - May 1983) Marks, Eleanor (Nov 26, 1906 - Jul 5, 2011) Marks, Arthur (Jul 18, 1888 - Mar 1970) Marks, Harriet (Oct 13, 1911 - Nov 1983) Marks Jr, John (Sep 15, 1912 - Mar 21, 1996) Marks, William (Nov 8, 1892 - Apr 1977) Marks, Ruth (Apr 26, 1916 - Feb 12, 2003) Marks, Marshall (Jul 9, 1909 - Apr 1979)
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