When Clayton Burdette Cramer was born on 15 August 1890, in Wakeshma Township, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States, his father, Samuel C Cramer, was 47 and his mother, Louisa Adaline Hayward, was 34. He married Mildred L. Pixley on 29 May 1920, in Calhoun, Michigan, United States. He lived in United States in 1949 and Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 28 August 1961, in Dade, Florida, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Schoolcraft Township Cemetery, Vicksburg, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States.
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A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Henry Ford built his first gasoline-powered vehicle, named the Quadricycle, in 1896, at his home in Detroit. Ford sold the Quadricycle for $200 and used the money to build a second car. In 1901, Ford raced his car "Sweepstakes" against Alexander Winton and won. The victory resulted in publicity for Ford which allowed him to gain investors for his new company, Ford Motor Company. The first Model A was sold on July 23, 1903, and the company was incorporated on November 13, 1903.
Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.
German, Dutch, and Jewish: variant of Kramer ‘shopkeeper or trader’ and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this. The surname in this form is also found in some other parts of Europe, e.g. in Britain and France (mainly Alsace and Lorraine).
English: variant of Creamer 1.
Americanized form of Polish Kramarz , Czech Kramář, Slovak Kramár, Slovenian, Croatian, Ukrainian, and Belorussian Kramar , and Slovenian Kramer .
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