Ben Chavis speaks at a news conference in 1978 the day after Gov. Jim Hunt's decision to reduce the sentences of the Wilmington 10. Hunt refused to pardon the group.
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Ben Chavis speaks at a news conference in 1978 the day after Gov. Jim Hunt's decision to reduce the sentences of the Wilmington 10. Hunt refused to pardon the group.
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