PARDONS OF INNOCENCE: THE WILMINGTON TEN (2014)
• April 5th, 2014 • 1h 59min
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This documentary recounts the turbulent history surrounding the troubled desegregation of New Hanover County Public School System in North Carolina during the late 1960s through 1971, and the violence that led up to the false prosecution and convictions of eight black male students, a white female community organizer, and fiery civil rights activist, Rev. Benjamin Chavis, for protesting racial injustice.
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