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Gay S Polk 1917 - 1990

Gay S Polk of Columbia, Marion County, MS was born on January 10, 1917, and died at age 73 years old on January 21, 1990.
Gay S Polk
Columbia, Marion County, MS 39429
January 10, 1917
January 21, 1990
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Gay S Polk's History: 1917 - 1990

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  • 01/10
    1917

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    January 10, 1917
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  • 01/21
    1990

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    January 21, 1990
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    Gay S Polk lived 2 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 73.
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In 1917, in the year that Gay S Polk 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 1933, at the age of 16 years old, Gay was alive when on March 4th, Franklin Delano Roosevelt became the 32nd President of the United States. He was elected four times (equaled by no other President) and guided the United States through the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, and World War 2. His wife was his cousin Eleanor Roosevelt (Teddy Roosevelt's niece) who President Truman called "First Lady of the World". Some of the major programs that survive from his presidency are the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Wagner Act (The National Labor Relations Act of 1935) , the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Social Security.
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