When Jesse Thomas Jr. Fulghum was born on 7 May 1902, in Pittsburg, DeKalb, Georgia, United States, his father, Jesse Thomas Fulghum Sr, was 30 and his mother, Hattie Belle Warren, was 28. He married Mattie Lee Edwina Sparkman on 6 July 1944. He lived in District 1037, Dade, Georgia, United States in 1910 and District 1214, Dade, Georgia, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1942. He died on 20 May 1973, at the age of 71, and was buried in Dade, Georgia, United States.
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A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
The Atlanta Race Riot of 1906 occurred on the evening of September 22 through September 24. A newspaper reported the rapes of four white women by African American men. Fueled by pre-existing racial tensions, these reports enraged white men who then arranged gangs to attack African American men. Over the next few days, several thousand white men joined in and in the end, 26 people were killed and many were injured.
The 19th Amendment, which allowed women the right to vote, was passed and became federal law on August 26, 1920. Georgia law prevented women from voting until 1922. The amendment wasn’t officially ratified until 1970.
English: variant of Foulsham (see Folsom ). This form is found mainly in NC, GA, and TN.
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