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10:46 am
Tue March 26, 2013

Son’s Death Spurs Mother To Fight Violence

Son’s Death Spurs Mother To Fight Violence

Credit mothersincharge.org
Khaaliq Johnson
  • Host Frank Stasio talks to Dorothy Johnson-Speight about her organization Mothers In Charge

When Dorothy Johnson-Speight’s son Khaaliq was killed in 2001, she thought her life was over. He wasn’t the first child she lost – her 3-year-old daughter had died almost 15 years to the day before
Khaaliq’s murder -- but he was the first child lost to violence, and his death shook her.

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