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The Student Hero

Jen Gold, 12/25/08
When I was in college, it was all I could do to get up for the 7:30 am lecture, so I am in awe of young revolutionaries, no matter what their cause. It's amazing to me that at such a young age people like Julio Antonio Mella had the foresight and fortitude to lead their peers in life-changing, culture-shifting movements. Read more about Mella and the University Students' Federation (FEU) of Cuba in this article from Rough Guides.
Julio Antonio MellaBorn in 1905 to an Irish mother and a Dominican father, charismatic, handsome Julio Antonio Mella was a leading light in the Cuban student movement. After a comfortable middle-class childhood, he enrolled in the Universidad de la Habana at the age of sixteen.

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