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Jury selection in Ahmaud Arbery case set for October | The Crusader Newspaper Group

By Deanna Hackney and Amir Vera, CNN Jury selection will begin October 18 for the state trial of three men facing charges in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia last year, according to Glynn County, Georgia, court records. Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, was out for a jog near Brunswick, Georgia, on February 23, […]

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1868

Jackson, James Lloyd (1920-2008)

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1953

Hicks, John F. (1949- )

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1964 After 12 days of debate and voting on 125 amendments, the U.S. House of

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1968

Adams, Henry [Kentucky] (1802–1872)

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"Yes We Can": Barack Obama's Road to the White House, 2008

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1971

(1948) Henry A. Wallace, “Radio Address”

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Federal Marshalls Escort Meredith To University

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1962

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