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Grace Sherkey 1899 - 1986

Grace Sherkey of Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan was born on February 4, 1899, and died at age 87 years old in August 1986.

Grace Sherkey
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Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan 48235
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February 4, 1899
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Grace Sherkey Grace Sherkey (1899 - 1986)
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In 1899, in the year that Grace Sherkey was born, the meaning of Chinese "oracle bones" was rediscovered. Farmers in China had been turning up the bones in their fields for generations but most often they were ground up and sold as medicine. The chancellor of the Imperial Academy and a friend noticed, before they ground the bones, that they had writing. The bones had been used around the second millennium BC for divination.
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In 1957, at the age of 58 years old, Grace was alive when on September 24th, the "Little Rock Nine" (nine African-American students) entered Little Rock High School. Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus had previously prevented the students from entering the school at the beginning of the term with the Arkansas National Guard - they blocked the door. President Eisenhower ordered federal troops - the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army - to guard the students and allow them entry.
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Sherkey, Jean (Jun 18, 1913 - Jul 2, 2010) Sherkey, Dorothy (Apr 15, 1916 - Jun 2, 2001) Sherkey, Lee (Nov 4, 1905 - Feb 1975) Sherkey, Lillie (Sep 26, 1878 - Nov 1967) Sherkey, William (Jan 23, 1910 - May 29, 2002) Sherkey, Richard (Feb 7, 1928 - May 25, 2001) Sherkey, Alice (Jun 8, 1902 - Oct 1983) Sherkey, Joseph (Jul 1, 1919 - Mar 26, 1997)
Sherkey, Robert (Oct 22, 1921 - Dec 14, 1995) Sherkey, Winfred (Dec 14, 1899 - Apr 1982) Sherkey, Mary (Jun 4, 1911 - Apr 1985) Sherkey, Mark (Sep 12, 1946 - Dec 21, 2008) Sherkey, Andrew (Nov 26, 1899 - Nov 1985) Sherkey, Paul (Oct 4, 1893 - Jun 1971) Sherkey, William (Nov 28, 1883 - Jan 1963) Sherkey, Anna (Nov 6, 1884 - Mar 1982)
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