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Josiah Jr Mitchell 1920 - 2008

Josiah Jr Mitchell of North Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina was born on April 10, 1920, and died at age 88 years old on December 5, 2008.
Josiah Jr Mitchell
North Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina 29405
April 10, 1920
December 5, 2008
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Josiah Jr Mitchell's History: 1920 - 2008

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  • 04/10
    1920

    Birthday

    April 10, 1920
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Negro, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Charleston County, South Carolina United States
  • Early Life & Education

    Grammar School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 34867499 Enlisted: June 16, 1944 in Ft Bragg North Carolina Military branch: No Branch Assignment Rank: Private, Selectees (enlisted Men) Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For The Duration Of The War Or Other Emergency, Plus Six Months, Subject To The Discretion Of The President Or Otherwise According To Law
  • Professional Career

    Unskilled Occupations In Trades And Services, N.e.c.
  • 12/5
    2008

    Death

    December 5, 2008
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
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In 1920, in the year that Josiah Jr Mitchell was born, 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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In 1933, Josiah was merely 13 years old when the day after being inaugurated, the new President, Franklin Roosevelt, declared a four-day bank holiday to stop people from withdrawing their money from shaky banks (the bank run). Within 5 days of his administration, the Emergency Banking Act was passed - reorganizing banks and closing insolvent ones. In his first 100 days, he asked Congress to repeal Prohibition (which they did), signed the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, signed legislation that paid commodity farmers to leave their fields fallow, thus ending surpluses and boosting prices, signed a bill that gave workers the right to unionize and bargain collectively for higher wages and better working conditions as well as suspending some antitrust laws and establishing a federally funded Public Works Administration, and won passage of 12 other major laws that helped the economy.
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