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Ruffin P Hopkins 1917 - 1966

Ruffin P Hopkins was born on January 26, 1917, and died at age 49 years old on July 11, 1966. Ruffin Hopkins was buried at Los Angeles National Cemetery Section 97 Row L Site 17 950 South Sepulveda Boulevard, in Los Angeles, Ca. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Ruffin P Hopkins.
Ruffin P Hopkins
January 26, 1917
July 11, 1966
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  • 01/26
    1917

    Birthday

    January 26, 1917
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: PVT Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 07/11
    1966

    Death

    July 11, 1966
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Funeral date
    Los Angeles National Cemetery Section 97 Row L Site 17 950 South Sepulveda Boulevard, in Los Angeles, Ca 90049
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In 1917, in the year that Ruffin P Hopkins 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, at the age of 16 years old, Ruffin was alive when on December 5th, the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified. The 21st Amendment said "The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed." Alcohol was legal again! It was the only amendment to the Constitution approved for the explicit purpose of repealing a previously existing amendment. South Carolina was the only state to reject the Amendment.
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