Remembering Rosalynn Carter's advocacy for Cambodian refugees

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November 29, 2023

Rosalynn Carter returns the traditional greeting she receives from a double amputee as she and her husband, former President Jimmy Carter, second from right, visit a hospital at Khao-I-Dang, June 5, 1985. (Gary Mangkorn/AP)

Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter is being remembered for many things, but one that we don't hear as much about is her advocacy for Cambodian refugees in the 1970s during and after the genocide by the Khmer Rouge.

Here & Now's Deepa Fernandes speaks with Soreath Hok, a Cambodian-American journalist, who recently received the Rosalynn Carter Fellowship for Mental Health Journalism and wrote about Carter's impact on her own life.

This segment aired on November 29, 2023.

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