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Gus L Durden 1917 - 1971

Gus L Durden was born on October 10, 1917, and died at age 54 years old on December 24, 1971. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Gus L Durden.
Gus L Durden
October 10, 1917
December 24, 1971
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    1917

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    October 10, 1917
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  • 12/24
    1971

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    December 24, 1971
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    Gus L Durden lived 16 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 54.
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In 1917, in the year that Gus L Durden was born, on July 28, between ten and fifteen thousand blacks silently walked down New York City's Fifth Avenue to protest racial discrimination and violence. Lynchings in Waco Texas and hundreds of African-Americans killed in East St. Louis Illinois had sparked the protest. Picket signs said "Mother, do lynchers go to heaven?" "Mr. President, why not make America safe for democracy?" "Thou shalt not kill." "Pray for the Lady Macbeth's of East St. Louis" and "Give us a chance to live."
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In 1920, Gus was only 3 years old when on January 1, over 6000 people were arrested and put in prison because they were suspected of being communists. . Many had to be released in a few weeks and only 3 guns were found in their homes. The U.S. Department of Justice "red hunt" netted thousands of "radicals" and suspected "communists" and aliens were deported. But the "hunt" ended after Attorney General Palmer forecast a massive radical uprising on May Day and the day passed without incident.
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