Transcript: CIVIL RIGHTS ACT ANNIVERSARY:PETER ZAMORA

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Congressional Testimony
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September 5, 2007
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Congressional Testimony
09-05-2007
Statement of Peter Zamora Washington, DC Regional Counsel Mexican American
Legal Defense and Educational Fund [MALDEF] Committee on Senate Judiciary
September 05, 2007 Chairman Leahy, Members of the Committee, I am Peter
Zamora, Washington, D.C. Regional Counsel for the Mexican American Legal
Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF). Founded in 1968, MALDEF is a national
nonprofit legal organization that employs litigation, policy advocacy,
and community education programs to protect and promote the civil rights
of the Latino community. I am pleased to join my esteemed colleagues in
celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1957. The
Civil ...

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