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Merryll Boyd 1917 - 1996

Merryll Boyd of Detroit, Wayne County, MI was born on October 28, 1917, and died at age 79 years old on November 24, 1996.
Merryll Boyd
Detroit, Wayne County, MI 48221
October 28, 1917
November 24, 1996
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Merryll Boyd's History: 1917 - 1996

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  • 10/28
    1917

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    October 28, 1917
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  • 11/24
    1996

    Death

    November 24, 1996
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    Merryll Boyd lived 8 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 79.
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In 1917, in the year that Merryll Boyd 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 1933, when this person was 16 years old, Frances Perkins became the first woman to hold a cabinet-level position, appointed by President Roosevelt to serve as Secretary of Labor. She told him that her priorities would be a 40-hour work week, a minimum wage, unemployment compensation, worker’s compensation, abolition of child labor, direct federal aid to the states for unemployment relief, Social Security, a revitalized federal employment service, and universal health insurance. President Roosevelt approved of all of them and most them were implemented during his terms as President. She served until his death in 1945.
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