Marcia Speck

Female18 February 1942–21 July 2018

Brief Life History of Marcia

Marcia Speck was born on 18 February 1942, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. She died on 21 July 2018, in Lapeer, Michigan, United States, at the age of 76.

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    1943 · The Detroit Race Riots

    Age 1

    The 1943 Detroit Race Riot started on the evening of June 20 and lasted through June 22. It occurred in a period of dramatic social tensions associated with the military buildup of World War II, as Detroit's automotive industry was converted to the war effort. What fueled the fire the most was the arrival of nearly 400,000 migrants, both African-American and White Southerners, and the competition for space and jobs. It was suppressed after 6,000 federal troops were ordered into the city to restore peace. A total of 34 people were killed, 25 of them African-Americans and most at the hands of white police or National Guardsmen; 433 were wounded, 75 percent of them African-American.

    1944 · The G.I Bill

    Age 2

    The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.

    1945 · Peace in a Post War World

    Age 3

    The Yalta Conference was held in Crimea to talk about establishing peace and postwar reorganization in post-World War II Europe. The heads of government that were attending were from the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. Later the Conference would become a subject of controversy at the start of the Cold War.

    Name Meaning

    German: from Middle High German spec ‘bacon’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a seller of bacon or a pork butcher, or a nickname for a fat person.

    German: topographic name from Middle High German speck(e) ‘log bridge or road’.

    German: habitational name from any of the places called Speck, Specke, or Specken.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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