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Venida Brodnax Browder
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18 Sept 1953
† 14 Oct 2016
Newport News, Virginia
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Venida Brodnax Browder (1953–2016) was an American advocate, poet, and mother, born in Newport News, Virginia. She raised seven children, including four adopted children — among them Kalief Browder, whose wrongful three-year detention without trial at Rikers Island, including nearly two years in solitary confinement, became a landmark case in the movement for criminal justice reform. She earned a bachelor's degree in nutrition from Lehman College at age 51, and in her earlier years performed as ...
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