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Author Juan Williams speaks on civil rights and the role of teachers

Friday January 25, 2008
Bob Kinzel

This week schools and community groups have been honoring Dr. Martin Luther King and among the notable people who have given speeches and presentations in Vermont is NPR correspondent and author, Juan Williams. Williams spoke at U-32 high school about the role of teachers to inspire the kind of work that doctor King took up. Here is an excerpt from that speech.

 

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