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John Peterkin 1917 - 1986

John Peterkin of Waterford Works, Camden County, New Jersey was born on August 5, 1917, and died at age 69 years old in October 1986.
John Peterkin
Waterford Works, Camden County, New Jersey 08089
August 5, 1917
October 1986
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John Peterkin's History: 1917 - 1986

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    1917

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    August 5, 1917
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  • 10/dd
    1986

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    October 1986
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    John Peterkin 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 John Peterkin 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 1920, he was merely 3 years old when the Volstead Act became law. Formally called the National Prohibition Act, the Volstead Act enabled law enforcement agencies to carry out the 18th Amendment. It said that "no person shall manufacture, sell, barter, transport, import, export, deliver, or furnish any intoxicating liquor except as authorized by this act" and defined intoxicating liquor as any beverage containing more than 0.5% alcohol by volume.
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