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Sometimes great injustices may be inflicted on the minority when the majority is in the pursuit of a great and just cause.

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Paul Robeson
Age: 77 †
Born: 1898
Born: April 9
Died: 1976
Died: January 23
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Paul Leroy Robeson
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