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Helena T Grimes 1919 - 2002

Helena T Grimes of Monroe, Union County, NC was born on May 16, 1919, and died at age 82 years old on March 12, 2002.
Helena T Grimes
Monroe, Union County, NC 28110
May 16, 1919
March 12, 2002
Female
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Helena T Grimes' History: 1919 - 2002

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  • 05/16
    1919

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    May 16, 1919
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  • 03/12
    2002

    Death

    March 12, 2002
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    Helena T Grimes lived 10 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 82.
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In 1919, in the year that Helena T Grimes was born, in the summer and early autumn, race riots erupted in 26 U.S. cities, resulting in hundreds of deaths and even more people being badly hurt. In most cases, African-Americans were the victims. It was called the "Red Summer". Men who were returning from World War I needed jobs and there was competition for those jobs among the races. Tension was heightened by the use by many companies of blacks as strikebreakers.
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In 1920, at the age of merely 1 year old, Helena was alive when on January 1, over 6000 people were arrested and put in prison because they were suspected of being communists. . Many had to be released in a few weeks and only 3 guns were found in their homes. The U.S. Department of Justice "red hunt" netted thousands of "radicals" and suspected "communists" and aliens were deported. But the "hunt" ended after Attorney General Palmer forecast a massive radical uprising on May Day and the day passed without incident.
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