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Ree Battle 1922 - 2002

Ree Battle of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA was born on April 6, 1922, and died at age 80 years old on July 16, 2002.
Ree Battle
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA 19120
April 6, 1922
July 16, 2002
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Ree Battle's History: 1922 - 2002

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  • 04/6
    1922

    Birthday

    April 6, 1922
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  • 07/16
    2002

    Death

    July 16, 2002
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    Ree Battle lived 12 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 80.
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In 1922, in the year that Ree Battle 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 1943, at the age of 21 years old, Ree was alive when on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.
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