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"What I've learned from the activists and what is going on today is, those of us who have lived almost a century, have no right to cynicism. There is always something in motion, there is always people out there making a difference. One of the big problems with America and its smothering of radical thought and behavior, is people don't know what's going on. There is a lot of noise, but it doesn't make the headlines of the New York Times or get on CNN with great regularity.

"For a long time I said, 'What has happened to the young? What was all of that about, all my friends who were murdered: Bobby Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Dr. King, etc, etc. etc.?' Well, it sits there. It's there. A lot of kids are studying it, learning it. … For me, I'm glad I've lived long enough to have it pushed right into my face. They're saying, 'We're here, chief. We're happening. We’re making noise."

-- Harry Belafonte (b. 1927-03-01), interviewed by Cambria Roth, published 2015-10-08 (thanks to twistedchick for linking to it)