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Patricia Derian

Patricia Derian

Former United States Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
Patricia Murphy Derian was an American civil rights and human rights activist who fought racism in Mississippi and went on to serve as Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs from 1977 to 1981. Wikipedia
Born: August 12, 1929, New York, NY
Died: May 20, 2016 (age 86 years), Chapel Hill, NC
Spouse: Hodding Carter III (m. 1978–2016) and Paul Derian
Previous office: United States Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (1977–1981)