Mr. Rush, who met both Fidel and Raul Castro with Ms. Lee in 2009, told the Huffington Post, “I’m a person who can bear witness to significant human rights violations right here in America.
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"Lynching is a longstanding and uniquely American weapon of racial terror that has for decades been used to maintain the white hierarchy," said Rush.
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