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at the age of seven, thus becoming the first black student to attend an all-white school in
Raleigh City Schools. He later recalled, "My family prepared me by simply saying this. 'This is important, and you’re going to have to do it. You’re going to have to endure it'." Campbell's parents also tried
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to 30 months in prison for the three counts on tax evasion. He was also ordered to serve a year on probation, pay $ 6,000, and pay more than $ 60,000 in back taxes. On August 21, 2006 he reported to the
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