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Well, we in America are about to break up with oil. Why not break up with poverty and discrimination too?

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Van Jones
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: September 20
Civil Rights Advocate
Environmentalist
Human Rights Activist
Lawyer
Motivational Speaker
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Anthony Kapel Jones
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