Lillian Harris Dean By JadaBentham Sep 8, 1870 Date of birth Sep 8, 1880 she attracted a large number of migrants from the south, especially from the Carolinas, many of whom worked on the Hudson piers. Sep 8, 1917 she was written in a journalist's journal and described Sep 8, 1920 People were in awe of her food Dec 8, 1925 Described in james weldon Johnson's magazine article