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I haven't been silent. I teach, I lecture at universities, I write, I'm not silent.
Bill Ayers
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Bill Ayers
Age: 79
Born: 1944
Born: December 26
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Glen Ellyn
Illinois
William Charles Bill Ayers
William Charles Ayers
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