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I became an anti-fascist, and the more I saw what was happening to the peoples of Europe, the Jews, the more I saw the deep cruelty and inhumanity of that system and its philosophy of white supremacy.

Harry Belafonte

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