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Racial tensions arise when a black lawyer runs for mayor of a racially divided town.
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J. Herbert Kerr Jr., Lana Wood, Cheri Caffaro, Richard Smedley, Peter Carew, Woody Carter, Leo Tepp, Timothy Brown, Cachaco
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