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Wilda Roark 1925 - 2008

Wilda Roark of Franklin, Milwaukee County, WI was born on June 3, 1925, and died at age 82 years old on February 4, 2008.

Wilda Roark
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Franklin, Milwaukee County, WI 53132
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June 3, 1925
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Updated: November 4, 2011
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In 1925, in the year that Wilda Roark was born, gangster Al "Scarface" Capone took over the Chicago bootlegging racket at age 26. Previously right hand man to boss Johnny Torrio, Capone took over when Torrio was shot and severely injured and decided to resign. The bootlegging and brothel organization was massive and when asked what he did, Capone often replied "I am just a businessman, giving the people what they want".
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In 1943, Wilda was 18 years old 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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Roark, John (Dec 24, 1891 - Apr 1965) Roark, John (Apr 15, 1913 - Jan 1981) Roark, Natalie (Dec 5, 1925 - Nov 26, 2009) Roark, Edward (Jun 3, 1951 - Feb 10, 1976) Roark, Albert (Mar 29, 1913 - Mar 1981) Roark, William (Aug 6, 1917 - Jul 1973) Roark, John (Dec 22, 1921 - Dec 1967) Roark-Sr, James (May 19, 1928 - Aug 8, 2000) Roark, Kathryn (Jul 7, 1893 - Apr 1985) Roark, Esther (May 18, 1900 - May 1987)
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