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Malaquías Montoya - Realizing later that it was not by...
Realizing later that it was not by choice that we remained mute but by a conscious effort on the part of those in power, I realized that my art could only be that of protest-a protest against what I felt to be a death sentence. (Malaquías Montoya)

Realizing later that it was not by choice that we remained mute but by a conscious effort on the part of those in power, I realized that my art could only be that of protest-a protest against what I felt to be a death sentence.

Malaquías Montoya

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