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Dorris Wright, one of original Greenville 8 remembers Rev. Jesse Jackson

Here & Now‘s Scott Tong speaks with Dorris Wright about her role in desegregating the Greenville, S.C., public library in 1960 with fellow activist Rev. Jesse Jackson, whose death was announced on Tuesday.

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