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Melvin Chalmers 1909 - 1944

Melvin Chalmers was born on July 27, 1909, and died at age 34 years old in April 1944. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Melvin Chalmers.
Melvin Chalmers
July 27, 1909
April 1944
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  • 07/27
    1909

    Birthday

    July 27, 1909
    Birthdate
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  • 04/dd
    1944

    Death

    April 1944
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Melvin Chalmers lived 39 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 34.
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In 1909, in the year that Melvin Chalmers was born, 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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In 1917, at the age of only 8 years old, Melvin was alive when 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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