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Wednesday, March 28 – "Elizabeth Taylor Lends Her Voice" – Lindsey Spurrier
Presented at 7:59,12:29and 4:59
Starting in the 1980’s, actress Elizabeth Taylor was a voice to the voiceless and among the very few to take up the cause against HIV/AIDS. She said, “Actors do have opinions, and why not express them. And call attention to the dark areas of the world. So many people were frightened and doing so little about it, and saying so little. The silence was thunderous.”
Elizabeth Taylor even brought her message to Congress, saying, “I’m not here in Washington to make people like me. I’m here to talk about a national scandal. A scandal of neglect, indifference and abandonment.”
Taylor also took a swipe at leaders for their inaction, saying, “President Bush, Mr. Quayle, Senator Helms, your policy is wrong, dead wrong, and you know it.”
More tomorrow.
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