Ron Brown at the Clarence Thomas/ Anita Hill Town Hall (1991)

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Channel: Reelblack One · 2018 · News & Politics

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Excerpt from ABC TV's Nightline moderated by Ted Koppel.  I do not own the rights. Shared for historical purposes,  From the Out Of The Woods Collection.

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Ronald Harmon Brown (August 1, 1941 – April 3, 1996) was an American politician. He served as the United States Secretary of Commerce during the first term of President Bill Clinton. Prior to this he was chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). He was the first African American to hold these positions. He was killed, along with 34 others, in a 1996 plane crash in Croatia.

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