The Charles Williams Family
Charles Williams |
Born August 4, 1892 in Waynesboro, GA |
Died May 16, 1966 in Philadelphia, PA |
Married Cora Bates |
Born 1896 in Georgia |
Died 1965 in Philadelphia, PA |
Children |
Charles Williams Jr. |
Robert Williams |
Levi Williams |
Historical Events during Charles and Cora Bates Williams Lifetime
Grover Cleveland was President of the United States when Cora Bates Williams was born
Lyndon B. Johnson was President of the United States when Charles and Cora Bates Williams died
1900 US population is 75,994,575; African American population is 8,833,994 (11.6%)
Frederick Douglass dies in Washington, DC, February 20, 1895
Thurgood Marshall born July 2, 1908 in Baltimore, MD
NAACP founded February 12, 1909
Harriet Tubman dies March 10, 1913
April 6, 1917 US enters World War 1
December, 1927 Marcus Garvey deported as an 'undesirable' alien
President John F. Kennedy was assasinated in November, 1963
Prohibition started in 1920 and lasted until 1933
America enters WWII after Pearl Harbor is bombed on December 7, 1941
The Atom bomb was dropped on Hirsoshima and Nagasaki, Japan in August, 1945, ending WWII