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Terrorism is in many, many ways the final utterance of voices unheard.

Harry Belafonte

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Harry Belafonte
Age: 97
Born: 1927
Born: March 1
Actor
Peace Activist
Recording Artist
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Television Actor
Harlem
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King of Calypso
Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.
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Why are we mute? Where are our leaders, our legislators? Where is the church?
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