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The human spirit is resilient and truth - no matter how long you abuse it and how long you try to crush it - will, as Dr. King would say, rise up again, and in the final analysis will prevail.

Harry Belafonte

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Harry Belafonte
Age: 97
Born: 1927
Born: March 1
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