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Silence is the first thing within the power of the enslaved to shatter. From that shattering, everything else spills forth.
Robin Morgan
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Robin Morgan
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: January 29
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Lake Worth Beach
Florida
Robin Evonne Morgan
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