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November 6, 2013 Educator and president of the Harlem Childrens Zone Geoffrey Canada address the audience at Temple of Deliverance after being recognized with the National Freedom Award during the National Civil Rights Museums Freedom Awards Public Forum. (Mike Brown\/The Commercial Appeal) <\/p>\n
Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland, arrived nearly 80 minutes late to the Freedom Awards public forum Wednesday, forcing emcee Lamman Rucker from Meet The Browns into ad-lib mode and sending National Civil Rights Museum staff into palpitations. <\/p>\n
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