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Martin Luther King's legacy is never to be measured by bricks and mortar, but rather by the kind of lives that we live, and the kind of love and service that we render.
Cornel West
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Cornel West
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: June 2
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I like to be multi-contextual, which is much more important than being multicultural.
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