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Carletus Benson 1923 - 1987

Carletus Benson of Detroit, Wayne County, MI was born on January 1, 1923, and died at age 64 years old on October 20, 1987.

Carletus Benson
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Detroit, Wayne County, MI 48235
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January 1, 1923
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In 1923, in the year that Carletus Benson was born, Harlem's Cotton Club opened in New York City. Owned by a bootlegger and gangster, it was a 700 seat speakeasy that catered to a "white only" clientele. But most of the entertainers were African-American and featured some of the best entertainers of the time such as Lena Horne, the Nicholas Brothers, Ethel Waters, and Cab Calloway.
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In 1943, Carletus was 20 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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Benson, William (Nov 9, 1894 - Jan 1968) Benson, Edward (Mar 29, 1914 - Aug 1968) Benson, Helen (Jul 7, 1914 - Jan 7, 1995) Benson, Rose (May 12, 1918 - Apr 6, 2008) Benson, Louis (Jun 15, 1898 - Apr 1970) Benson, Grant (Mar 7, 1900 - Feb 1982) Benson, William (Aug 27, 1915 - Aug 13, 1994) Benson, James (Oct 31, 1922 - Apr 3, 2003) Benson, Raymond (Jun 29, 1923 - Dec 1978) Benson, Jacquelyn (Oct 22, 1923 - Feb 22, 2011)
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