"The people that are making this world worse don't take a day off, how can I?" - Bob Marley
"Bob was shot before a concert for peace....... he did not cancel.... when a reporter asked him why, that was his answer."
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Linton Kwesi Johnson CD (born 24 August 1952), also known as LKJ, is a Jamaica-born, [british]-based dub poet and activist. In 2002, he became the
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Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr. ONH (17 August 1887 – 10 June 1940) was a Jamaican political activist. He was the founder and first President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association
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Keenen Ivory Wayans was 66 Sunday
Marcus Garvey died 85 years ago today
Ray Charles died 21 years ago today
Howlin' Wolf was born 115 years ago today
Spencer Tracy died 58 years ago today
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Andrea Levy... (7 March 1956 – 14 February 2019) was an English author best known for the novels Small Island (2004) and The Long Song (2010).
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