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Chester Hughes 1884 - 1971

Chester Hughes of El Cajon, San Diego County, California was born on October 5, 1884, and died at age 86 years old in September 1971.
Chester Hughes
El Cajon, San Diego County, California 92020
October 5, 1884
September 1971
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Chester Hughes' History: 1884 - 1971

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    1884

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    October 5, 1884
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    1971

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    September 1971
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    Chester Hughes lived 14 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 86.
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In 1884, in the year that Chester Hughes was born, on August 5th, the cornerstone for the base of the Statue of Liberty - a gift from the people of France - was laid. 120,000 people - most donations were $1 - donated to the completion of the base. An 1883 poem by Emma Lazarus was also written to raise funds. That poem was included in the base of the statue and is well known today. The most famous phrase: "Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
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In 1909, he was 25 years old when the New York Times published the first movie review. It was a report on D.W. Griffith's movie "Pippa Passes" also called "The Song of Conscience", a silent film. The review said that this work was moving away from "lurid material that attracted the wrath of censors and concerned citizens and toward more respectable ends. The movie was the story of a young female factory worker, on her day off, wandering and singing - thus changing the hearts of those around her towards good.
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