1984 riots biography of michaels
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Background
Richmonds population had swelled to more than , by the midpoint of the war. Overcrowding, high rents, and exorbitant costs for basic necessities increasingly affected all classes in the capital, but the burden fell especially hard on the working class—their wages could not keep pace with the inflationary spiral. The winter of was quite harsh in Richmond. Locals reported more than twenty measurable snow falls, with some storms dropping more than a foot of snow on the capital. Warmer temperatures turned the roads into quagmires that made the transport of food and fuel into the city virtually impossible.
In desperation, a group of women—workers in Confederate ordnance establishments and the wives of the Tredegar Iron Works laborers—met on April 1, , at the Belvidere Hill Baptist Church located in the Oregon Hill neighborhood of the city. Led by Mary Jackson and Minerva Meredith, the women resolved to gather at Capitol Square the next day to seek a meeting with Virginia governor John L. Letcher to discuss their plight.
The Riot
The women gathered at the equestrian statue of George Washington and made their way to the governors mansion. Denied a meeting with Letcher, some of the women returned to the statue. Accounts of what happened next vary; some say Letc
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Dempsey, Michael James
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James Edward Dempsey was born in Providence, Rhode Island, February 22, , the son of Joseph M. Demspey and Julia Mary McSherry. He attended St. Mary’s Grammar School, LaSalle Academy and Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island. In August , he entered the Dominican novitiate at St. Rose of Lima Priory, Springfield, Kentucky, receiving the religious name of Michael, and made his first profession there on August 16, From to he pursued philosophical studies at the Dominican House of Studies, River Forest, Illinois, and made his solemn profession on August 16, He elected to join the new Province of St. Albert the Great and so continued his theological studies at the Dominican House of Studies in River Forest, where he was ordained by Bishop Bernard J. Sheil on June 11,
Having completed his basic studies, Father Dempsey was assigned to Fenwick High School, Oak Park, Illinois, where he taught English and religion from to During this time he also attended DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois, and obtained a master’s degree in English literature. In Father Dempsey was asked to undertake foreign mission work in Nigeria. He was among
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Michael A. Fopp
Michael A. Fopp is a retired Internal Museum Supervisor.
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