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The dimension of cultural equity needs to be added to the humane continuum of liberty, freedom of speech and religion, and social justice.

Alan Lomax

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Alan Lomax
Age: 87 †
Born: 1915
Born: January 31
Died: 2002
Died: July 19
Anthropologist
Ethnomusicologist
Film Director
Folklorist
Historian
Journalist
Music Critic
Music Historian
Musician
Musicologist
Austin
Texas
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