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I am very proud of the fact that I led the arts contingent on the civil rights march in the summer of '63. In many ways, I think it was the high-water mark of the civil rights movement.

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Charlton Heston
Age: 84 †
Born: 1923
Born: October 4
Died: 2008
Died: April 5
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