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Billie Jean Young on Playing Rights Activist Hamer

Published July 14, 2004 at 11:00 PM CDT

Lawyer, poet and performer Billie Jean Young joins NPR's Tavis Smiley to talk about her portrayal of civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer for the upcoming Democratic National Convention.

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