Topic
Human Rights
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Al Sharpton
A Baptist minister, political and civil rights and social justice activist, and radio talk show host of Keepin It Real, Al Sharpton fights injustice wherever he finds it. He makes regular guest appearances on The O'Reilly Factor and MSNBC and is praised as "a man who is willing to tell it like it is".
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Bill Kurtis
During his career as a network newsman, Bill Kurtis covered such notable stories as the Richard Speck murders and the Charles Manson trial. In 1990 Bill founded Kurtis Productions which produced programs for A&E including Investigative Reports and Cold Case File. Bill provided satirical narration for the blockbuster hit, Anchorman. Bill's latest book is The Death Penalty On Trial: Crisis In American Justice.
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Bobby Seale
Revolutionary civil rights activist Bobby Seale co-founded the Black Panther Party For Self Defense in 1966. During the presentation Bobby and his wife Leslie define the pragmatic philosophical range of the sixties protest movement, which grew out of student activism, historical class analysis, scientific research, and programmatic community organizing. Today Seale is author of Barbequing with Bobby and was also a spokesman for Ben & Jerry's ice cream.
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Bruce George
Bruce is a visionary, executive producer, writer, poet and activist. His work has been published in major magazines, anthologies, and literary publications. Bruce is the Co-Founder of the critically acclaimed award winning "Russell Simmons's Def Poetry Jam." As an activist Bruce has been and currently is associated with major grassroots organizations that fosters and uplifts people in struggle.
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Cornel West
Professor of Religion and African American Studies at Princeton University, Cornel West has worked with numerous political and social organizations. He has been a long-time member, and now serves as an honorary Chair, of the Democratic Socialists of America. He is author of several books including The Future of the Race and Race Matters .
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Craig Kielburger
Craig Kielburger is the founder and chair of Free The Children, a unique organization which has built more than 500 schools throughout Asia, Africa and Latin America, providing daily education to more than 50,000 children. He is author of Free the Children and most recently, the New York Times best seller Me to We: Finding Meaning in a Material World. Craig has been awarded many national and international awards for his work, including The Roosevelt Freedom Medal, The World Children's Prize for the Rights of the Child (known as the Children's Nobel Prize) and he is one of the youngest recipients of The Order of Canada.
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David Frost
Sir David Frost has been awarded all the major television awards - the Emmy Award (for The David Frost Show - twice); the Royal Television Society Silver Medal and the Richard Dimbleby Award in the UK and, internationally, the Golden Rose of Montreux. Frost has also been host and co-creator of That Was the Week That Was, producer of countless television programs from A Gift of Song: The Music for UNICEF Concert to the Spectacular World of Guinness Records; author of 15 books; producer of eight films (including "Rogue Trader" with Ewan McGregor and Anna Friel); publisher, lecturer, impresario and the joint founder of London Weekend Television and TV-am.
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