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Donna Lease Brazile (born December 15, 1959) is an American author, academic, and political analyst who is Vice Chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee. She was the first African American to direct a major presidential campaign, acting as campaign manager for Al Gore in 2000. She briefly served as interim Chair for the DNC in the spring of 2011.
Brazile was born in Kenner, Louisiana, the daughter of Jean Marie (Brown) and Lionel Joseph Brazile, the third of nine children. Her family's surname was "Braswell" several generations back. Brazile became interested in politics at the age of nine when a local candidate for office promised to build a neighborhood playground. She participated in a TRIO Upward Bound program while in high school. Brazile earned a bachelor's degree in industrial psychology from Louisiana State University in 1981, and is a Fellow at the Institute of Politics at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. After graduating from Louisiana State University, Brazile worked for several advocacy groups in Washington, D.C., and was instrumental in the successful campaign to make Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday a federal holiday.
Actors: Martin Lemaire (actor), Martin Lemaire (actor), Adam LeFevre (actor), Raymond Forchion (actor), Bruce Gray (actor), Denis Leary (actor), Bob Balaban (actor), Bruce Altman (actor), John Hurt (actor), Ed Begley Jr. (actor), George W. Bush (actor), Al Gore (actor), Antoni Corone (actor), Marc Macaulay (actor), John Archer Lundgren (actor),
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