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photo by Michael Geissinger, via Wikimedia Commons
“There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.”
-Elie Wiesel
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Eliezer “Elie” Wiesel was a Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor. He authored 57 books, written mostly in French and English, including Night, which is based on his experiences as a Jewish prisoner at Auschwitz and Buchenwald during the Holocaust.
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Listen to the 1973 recording of Bob Marley and The Wailers perform his composition (with Peter Tosh) of “Get Up, Stand Up” [Universal Music Group]
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