“For the dead and the living, we must bear witness.”
Elie Wiesel (1928–2016) writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, and Holocaust survivor
“I love these kids. I’m just here to bear witness to their lives, because I believe that it is in bearing witness that everything is made real.”
[McKenzie, Joi-Marie, Why Author Jason Reynolds Writes For The Youngest Generation, https://www.essence.com/entertainment/author-jason-reynolds/, Essence, 10 March 2020, February 12, 2020]
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