Convicted Friend of Detroit Ex-Mayor Seeks Early Release, Pointing Out Commutation

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Convicted Friend of Detroit Ex-Mayor Seeks Early Release, Pointing Out Commutation

Bobby Ferguson was convicted with Kwame Kilpatrick in a racketeering scandal, but says it’s not fair that his friend is out, but he’s still in prison.

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Collins, Barbara-Rose (1939- )

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Holly, James Theodore (1829-1911)

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Emmett Till was an African American boy, who was murdered by two white men at the age of 14. His murder was one of the driving forces of the Civil Rights Movement. Till was born on July 25, 1941 to Mamie and Louis Till in Chicago, Illinois. He was nicknamed “Bobo” as a child and was

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The Wyoming Black Fourteen (1969)

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Bullard, Eugene James ["Jacques"] (1895-1961)

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Charles R. Drew

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