Our heart hurts a lot because we did not think this tragedy would happen. This day was so special to him,” his family said in a statement.

Gerald “Mike” Fothergill received his high school diploma in Hartford on Thursday, 57 years after he was expelled for participating in a peaceful walkout to honor the late Martin ...

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