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Everybody needs history but the people who need it most are poor folks - people without resources or options.

Henry Hampton

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Henry Hampton
Age: 58 †
Born: 1940
Born: January 8
Died: 1998
Died: November 22
Film Director
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St. Louis
Missouri
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