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Anna Deavere Smith

Writer, actor, and professor

Anna Deavere Smith | May 21, 2007 | Wortham Center | The Progressive Forum

Michelle Alexander

Civil Rights Advocate, Legal Scholar

Michelle Alexander | October 2, 2012 | Wortham Center | The Progressive Forum

Edward O. Wilson

Biologist, Conservationist, Theorist

Edward O. Wilson | September 27, 2006 | Wortham Center | The Progressive Forum

Douglas Brinkley

Acclaimed Historian

Elizabeth Edwards

Humanitarian

Elizabeth Edwards | May 21, 2008 | Wortham Center | The Progressive Forum

Karen Armstrong

Religious Historian