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Leona M Douthett 1917 - 2009

Leona M Douthett of Grand Rapids, Kent County, MI was born on April 20, 1917, and died at age 91 years old on March 13, 2009.
Leona M Douthett
Grand Rapids, Kent County, MI 49525
April 20, 1917
March 13, 2009
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  • 04/20
    1917

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    April 20, 1917
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  • 03/13
    2009

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    March 13, 2009
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    Leona M Douthett lived 17 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 91.
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In 1917, in the year that Leona M Douthett 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 1967, at the age of 50 years old, Leona was alive when on October 2nd, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first black US Supreme Court justice. Marshall was the great-grandson of a slave and graduated first in his class at Howard University Law School. His nomination to the Supreme Court was approved by the Senate, 69 to 11.
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