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Dosie L Mays 1915 - 2000

Dosie L Mays of Russellville, Franklin County, AL was born on July 4, 1915, and died at age 85 years old on July 26, 2000.
Dosie L Mays
Russellville, Franklin County, AL 35653
July 4, 1915
July 26, 2000
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  • 07/4
    1915

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    July 4, 1915
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  • 07/26
    2000

    Death

    July 26, 2000
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    Dosie L Mays lived 15 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 85.
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In 1915, in the year that Dosie L Mays was born, The Birth of a Nation opened in February. A silent film, it was the most ambitious film to date and is considered a classic. Three hours long, it starred Lillian Gish and was directed by D. W. Griffith. The movie was based on the book The Clansman and told the story of two families (one pro-Union and one pro-Confederate) and their relationship during the Civil War and Reconstruction. The KKK was shown as "a heroic force".
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In 1942, when this person was 27 years old, on February 19th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. This authorized the Secretary of War to "prescribe certain areas as military zones." On March 21st, he signed Public Law 503 which was approved after an hour discussion in the Senate and 30 minutes in the House. The Law provided for enforcement of his Executive Order. This cleared the way for approximately 120,000 men, women, and children of Japanese ancestry to be evicted from the West Coast and to be held in concentration camps and other confinement sites across the country. In Hawaii, a few thousand were detained. German and Italian Americans in the U.S. were also confined.
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