Channeling Their Discontent

More than 500 people demonstrated peacefully outside the Northwest Washington home of Debra Lee, Black Entertainment Television's chief executive, yesterday afternoon, demanding that the network stop airing what they call demeaning and offensive portrayals of African Americans.
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Marissa Newhall

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Debra Lee

Black Entertainment Television Inc.

Viacom Inc.

Robert Johnson

Justin Ross

Delman Coates

Woodley Park

National Organization for Women

Feminist Majority Foundation

Hot Ghetto Mess

African-American Issues

Special Interest Groups

Protests and Demonstrations

Women's Issues

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