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Gerald Reynolds Profile

Gerald Reynolds, Kansas City attorney and new head of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission
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Gerald Reynolds, Kansas City attorney and new head of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission

By Frank Morris

Kansas City, Missouri – President George Bush recently appointed Kansas City Attorney Gerald Reynolds to head the U.S. Civil Rights Commission. The advisory panel has been led for just over half its 47-year existence by the combative Mary Frances Berry. With Reynolds, the Commission's leadership takes a hard turn to the right, but his supporters contend, toward more open discourse. Meanwhile, local civil rights advocates are still waiting to meet the new Chairman. KCUR's Frank Morris reports.

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