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Purnell Cunningham 1922 - 2010

Purnell Cunningham of Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware was born on November 1, 1922, and died at age 87 years old on August 24, 2010.

Purnell Cunningham
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Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19802
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November 1, 1922
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In 1922, in the year that Purnell Cunningham was born, on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.
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In 1934, at the age of just 12 years old, Purnell was alive when on July 22nd, gangster John Dillinger was killed in Chicago. His gang had robbed banks and police stations, among other charges, and he was being hunted by J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI - although many in the public saw him as a "Robin Hood". A madam from a brothel in which he was hiding became an informer for the FBI and, after a shootout with FBI agents, Dillinger was shot and died.
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