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Civil rights icon Young to defend Wal-Mart
Former aide to Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to combat criticism of retailer
Reuters

Civil rights leader and former Atlanta mayor Andrew Young will become the public face of a Wal-Mart-backed group whose aim is to combat criticism of the world’s largest retailer, the group said Monday.

Young, who was an aide to Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights protests of the 1960s and served as ambassador to the United Nations under President Jimmy Carter, will serve as chairman of Working Families for Wal-Mart’s national steering committee, the group said in a statement.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. was among the financial backers of Working Families for Wal-Mart, a group of people ”who understand and appreciate Wal-Mart’s positive impact on the working families of America,” according to its Web site.

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