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The Long Forgotten Mentally Ill

Advocates and family members are finding their names and identifying their unmarked graves

11/15/2013 | Rating NR

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The Long Forgotten Mentally Ill

Clip: 11/15/2013 | 5m 57s

Advocates and family members are finding their names and identifying their unmarked graves

At the cemetery of a former Minnesota mental hospital, hundreds of patients were buried in nameless graves marked only with numbers. But disability rights groups and family members are working to identify the graves and give these forgotten dead a respect and dignity they did not receive in life.

11/15/2013 | Rating NR

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