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Desmond Meade Reacts to Being Awarded MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’
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11:00Now PlayingDesmond Meade, executive director of the Florida Rights and Restoration Coalition, was awarded with the prestigious MacArthur “Genius Grant” of $625,000.
Meade, who was incarcerated, has fought to restore voting rights to disenfranchised people because of criminal convictions, and for those still incarcerated.
He joins Yodit Tewolde on “Making the Case” to talk about how he got the news that he had been rewarded the grant what the fellowship means to him.
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