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Source: NPR "News & Notes with Ed Gordon"

Roundup

7-17-06

NAACP honors John Brown for stand against slavery [audio 4min]

NAACP Chairman Julian Bond talks with Farai Chideya about the installation of a plaque in Harper's Ferry, W.Va., last week to commemorate abolitionist John Brown's historic stand against slavery in 1859.

Read entire article at NPR "News & Notes with Ed Gordon"