NORTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR PARDONS WILMINGTON 10

Benjamin Chavis, Charles Cobb

The Rev. Benjamin Chavis gives a clenched fist salute after arriving at Washington National Airport on Friday, Dec. 14, 1979, after being paroled by North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt. Chavis, one of the Wilmington 10 defendants, was convicted in connection with the 1972 firebombing of a Wilmington, N.C. grocery. At right is Dr. Charles Cobb, a United Church of Christ official, for whom Chavis will work. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi)

The Rev. Benjamin Chavis gives a clenched fist salute after arriving at Washington National Airport on Friday, Dec. 14, 1979, after being paroled by North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt. Chavis, one of the Wilmington 10 defendants, was convicted in connection with the 1972 firebombing of a Wilmington, N.C. grocery. At right is Dr. Charles Cobb, a United Church of Christ official, for whom Chavis will work. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi)

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