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Opal Mcclain 1917 - 2006

Opal Mcclain of Cookeville, Putnam County, TN was born on August 26, 1917, and died at age 89 years old on December 28, 2006.

Opal Mcclain
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Cookeville, Putnam County, TN 38501
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August 26, 1917
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In 1917, in the year that Opal Mcclain 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 1921, she was just 4 years old when on November 11th, the first burial was held at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. The body of an unknown soldier - selected by Army Sgt. Edward F. Younger who was highly decorated for valor and received the Distinguished Service Cross in "The Great War" - was brought back from France (World War 1) and placed in the newly completed tomb. President Warren G. Harding officiated at the interment ceremonies.
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Mcclain, Opal (Dec 10, 1921 - Nov 1984) Mcclain, Opal (Aug 10, 1921 - Sep 28, 2000) Mcclain, Opal (Sep 26, 1916 - Dec 15, 2003) Mcclain, Opal (Apr 7, 1893 - Jul 1982) Mcclain, Opal (Sep 30, 1923 - Oct 25, 1989) Mcclain, Opal (Aug 13, 1905 - Oct 11, 1993) Mcclain, Opal (Jan 28, 1918 - Feb 1979) Mcclain, Opal (Apr 29, 1914 - Dec 1976) Mcclain, Opal (Aug 1, 1923 - Apr 24, 2004) Mcclain, Opal (Jan 27, 1920 - Aug 14, 2003)
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Mcclain, Gail Mcclain, John Mcclain, Morgdianne Mcclain, Erton (Born Jun 27, 1909) Mcclain, Packwood (Born Mar 4, 1870) Mcclain, Minnie (Born Jan 15, 1887) Mcclain, John (May 10, 1927 - May 25, 2003) Mcclain, William (May 24, 1941 - Apr 29, 2003) Mcclain, Phyllis (Dec 3, 1917 - Apr 1981) Mcclain, Virginia (Sep 16, 1886 - May 1977)
Mcclain, Scott (Feb 10, 1947 - Oct 28, 2010) Mcclain, Mary (Jul 19, 1898 - Dec 1970) Mcclain, Arlene (Apr 19, 1914 - Sep 30, 2005) Mcclain, Gertrude (Dec 10, 1914 - Jul 16, 1991) Mcclain, Alexander (Oct 16, 1892 - Mar 1967) Mcclain, Rose (Nov 25, 1907 - Dec 5, 1988) Mcclain, Dorothy (Apr 25, 1920 - Feb 1975) Mcclain, Claude (Jun 29, 1917 - Sep 1983) Mcclain, John (Apr 26, 1884 - Jun 1969) Mcclain, Elizabeth (Oct 12, 1922 - Dec 29, 2006)
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