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Carl Rowan

Columnist Carl Rowan died today of natural causes at Washington Hospital Center in DC. He was 75. The Washington Post once touted the syndicated writer as "the most visible black journalist in the country." Host Jacki Lyden talks with Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page about Rowan's life.

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