Dith Pran
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Dith Pran is a survivor of the Cambodian holocaust, in which about 1-2 mil Cambodians died. Pran and Sydney H Schanberg, a foreign correspondent for the New York Times, shared a strong competitiveness. Schanberg wrote that both of them cared less about local or international politics or military strategy.
Publication Name: Current Biography
Subject: History
ISSN: 0011-3344
Year: 1996
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Brady, Sarah
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Sarah Brady was the primary lobbyist of the Brady Bill, a ruling named after her husband, the former White House press secretary who was seriously injured during an assassination attempt on President Reagan in 1981. Sarah is the chairperson of the Handgun Control Inc, a citizen's action group.
Publication Name: Current Biography
Subject: History
ISSN: 0011-3344
Year: 1996
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Stevenson, Bryan
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Bryan Stevenson has dedicated his life to exposing the injustices perpetrated by the criminal-justice system in the Deep South against minorities and the poor. He places blame for the inordinate amount of poor people and African Americans on death row on racial and class-linked biases.
Publication Name: Current Biography
Subject: History
ISSN: 0011-3344
Year: 1996
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