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Joe L Yancey 1935 - 2007

Joe L Yancey of Loachapoka, Lee County, AL was born on September 9, 1935, and died at age 71 years old on July 6, 2007.
Joe L Yancey
Loachapoka, Lee County, AL 36865
September 9, 1935
July 6, 2007
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Joe L Yancey's History: 1935 - 2007

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  • 09/9
    1935

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    September 9, 1935
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  • 07/6
    2007

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    July 6, 2007
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    Joe L Yancey lived exactly as long as the average family member when died at the age of 71.
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In 1935, in the year that Joe L Yancey was born, on September 8th, Louisiana Senator Huey Long was shot by Dr. Carl Weiss. Weiss was shot and killed immediately by Long's bodyguards - Long died two days later from his injuries. Long had received many death threats previously, as well as threats against his family. He was a powerful and controversial figure in Louisiana politics (and probably gained power through multiple criminal acts). His opponents became frustrated with their attempts to oust him and Dr. Weiss was the son-in-law of one of those opponents. His funeral was attended by 200,000 mourners.
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In 1943, at the age of only 8 years old, Joe was alive when on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.
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