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Johanna Gedekoh 1917 - 1986

Johanna Gedekoh of Elizabeth, Allegheny County, PA was born on January 13, 1917, and died at age 69 years old in August 1986.
Johanna Gedekoh
Elizabeth, Allegheny County, PA 15037
January 13, 1917
August 1986
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Johanna Gedekoh's History: 1917 - 1986

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  • 01/13
    1917

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    January 13, 1917
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  • 08/dd
    1986

    Death

    August 1986
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    Johanna Gedekoh lived 1 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 69.
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In 1917, in the year that Johanna Gedekoh 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 1934, she was 17 years old when on July 22nd, gangster John Dillinger was killed in Chicago. His gang had robbed banks and police stations, among other charges, and he was being hunted by J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI - although many in the public saw him as a "Robin Hood". A madam from a brothel in which he was hiding became an informer for the FBI and, after a shootout with FBI agents, Dillinger was shot and died.
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