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Elway Jenkins 1917 - 1983

Elway Jenkins of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA was born on December 1, 1917, and died at age 66 years old in December 1983.

Elway Jenkins
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Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA 19104
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December 1, 1917
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December 1983
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  • 12/1
    1917

    Birthday

    December 1, 1917
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  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Negro, Citizen

  • Nationality & Locations

    Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania United States

  • Early Life & Education

    1 Year Of High School

  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 33819944 Enlisted: April 20, 1944 in Cp Lee Virginia Military branch: No Branch Assignment Rank: Private, Selectees (enlisted Men) Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For The Duration Of The War Or Other Emergency, Plus Six Months, Subject To The Discretion Of The President Or Otherwise According To Law

  • Professional Career

    Unskilled Nonprocess Occupations In Manufacturing, N.e.c.
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    1983

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    December 1983
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In 1917, in the year that Elway Jenkins was born, on July 28, between ten and fifteen thousand blacks silently walked down New York City's Fifth Avenue to protest racial discrimination and violence. Lynchings in Waco Texas and hundreds of African-Americans killed in East St. Louis Illinois had sparked the protest. Picket signs said "Mother, do lynchers go to heaven?" "Mr. President, why not make America safe for democracy?" "Thou shalt not kill." "Pray for the Lady Macbeth's of East St. Louis" and "Give us a chance to live."
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In 1929, at the age of only 12 years old, Elway was alive when the St. Valentine's Day Massacre happened on February 14th. In Chicago, seven men from the North Side Irish gang were gunned down by Al Capone's South Side Italian gang at the garage at 2122 North Clark Street. Al Capone was making a successful move to take over Chicago's organized crime. But the St. Valentine's Day massacre also resulted in a public outcry against all gangsters.
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