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Ira Ayers 1919 - 1997

Ira Ayers was born on December 19, 1919, and died at age 77 years old on August 25, 1997. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Ira Ayers.
Ira Ayers
December 19, 1919
August 25, 1997
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  • 12/19
    1919

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    December 19, 1919
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  • 08/25
    1997

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    August 25, 1997
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    Ira Ayers lived 5 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 77.
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In 1919, in the year that Ira Ayers 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 1922, he was merely 3 years old when on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.
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