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54 Miles
The following is from Leonard Pitts, Jr.'s 54 Miles. Pitts is the author of the novels The Last Thing You Surrender, Grant Park, Freeman, and Before I Forget, as well as two works of nonfiction. He was a journalist for more than forty years, including …