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Harry Belafonte hit me to the Dream Defenders and I liked what they were about. When I asked them how I could help their movement, they said, You can help by coming down here you can tweet.
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Talib Kweli
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: October 3
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A flower that grow in the ghetto know more about survival than the one from fresh meadows.
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