Kerry Kennedy on her Terrific New Book About her Mother: "Ethel Kennedy: The Extraordinary Life and Bold Legacy"

Episode 557: Kerry Kennedy on her Terrific New Book About her Mother: "Ethel Kennedy: The Extraordinary Life and Bold Legacy"

Human rights lawyer, activist, and New York Times-bestselling author Kerry Kennedy, daughter of Ethel Skakel Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy

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Kerry Kennedy is a human rights lawyer, activist, New York Times-bestselling author, and daughter of Ethel Skakel Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy. Kerry is the president of the Robert and Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center, the organization Ethel founded in 1968 to continue Robert’s unfinished work, and served as chair for the Amnesty International USA Leadership Council for more than a decade. During her forty years working in human rights she has led hundreds of delegations and negotiated with leaders around the globe. She appears regularly on television and in the press, has written dozens of published op-eds, and is the author of the books Robert F. Kennedy: Ripple of Hope; Speak Truth to Power; and Being Catholic Now.

Kerry joins me for a conversation about her terrific new book "Ethel Kennedy: The Extraordinary Life and Bold Legacy", which is on sale now.

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