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Selma Jessie Geith 1916 - 2008

Selma Jessie Geith of Bodfish, Kern County, California was born on June 25, 1916, and died at age 92 years old on November 15, 2008.
Selma Jessie Geith
Bodfish, Kern County, California 93205
June 25, 1916
November 15, 2008
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Selma Jessie Geith's History: 1916 - 2008

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  • 06/25
    1916

    Birthday

    June 25, 1916
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  • 11/15
    2008

    Death

    November 15, 2008
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    Selma Jessie Geith lived 16 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 92.
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In 1916, in the year that Selma Jessie Geith was born, in June, the U.S. Congress authorized a plan to expand the armed forces over the next five years. Called the National Defense Act of 1916, the national law expanded the National Guard and Army (the Army added an aviation unit), created the Reserves, and gave the President expanded authority to federalize the National Guard. It also allowed the government to stockpile, in advance, materiel to be used in wartime.
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In 1943, at the age of 27 years old, Selma 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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