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Cecil Kester 1890 - 1970

Cecil Kester of Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia was born on July 18, 1890, and died at age 79 years old in January 1970.
Cecil Kester
Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia 26301
July 18, 1890
January 1970
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Cecil Kester's History: 1890 - 1970

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    1890

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    July 18, 1890
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    1970

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    January 1970
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    Cecil Kester lived 4 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 79.
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In 1890, in the year that Cecil Kester was born, on December 29th, the Wounded Knee Massacre occurred in South Dakota on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation . The U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment said that they rode into the Lakota camp "trying to disarm" the inhabitants. One person, Black Coyote - who was deaf - held onto his rifle, saying that he paid a lot of money for it. Shots rang out and by the end at least 153 Lakota Sioux - some estimates say 300 - and 25 troops had died. The site of the massacre is a National Historic Landmark.
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In 1909, at the age of 19 years old, Cecil was alive when the NAACP was founded by W. E. B. Du Bois. The organization focused on legal strategies designed to confront the critical civil rights issues of the day - which included lynching and segregation in schools. The goal was to secure for all people the rights guaranteed in the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the United States Constitution.
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