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In order for us, black and white, to disenthrall ourselves from the harshest slavemaster, racism, we must disinter our buried history.... We are all the Pilgrim, setting out on this journey.

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Studs Terkel
Age: 96 †
Born: 1912
Born: May 16
Died: 2008
Died: October 31
Actor
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Historian
Journalist
Music Journalist
Poet Lawyer
Radio Personality
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New York City
New York
Louis Terkel
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