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Doretha (Jones) Shepard c. 1933

Doretha Shepard of TX was born circa 1933. Doretha Shepard was married to Robert L. Shepard on June 25, 2001 in 20 County, TX. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Doretha (Jones) Shepard.
Doretha Shepard
TX
circa 1933
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In 1933, in the year that Doretha (Jones) Shepard was born, Frances Perkins became the first woman to hold a cabinet-level position, appointed by President Roosevelt to serve as Secretary of Labor. She told him that her priorities would be a 40-hour work week, a minimum wage, unemployment compensation, worker’s compensation, abolition of child labor, direct federal aid to the states for unemployment relief, Social Security, a revitalized federal employment service, and universal health insurance. President Roosevelt approved of all of them and most them were implemented during his terms as President. She served until his death in 1945.
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In 1943, 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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Robert L. Shepard

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Doretha (Jones) Shepard

June 25, 2001
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20 County, TX
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