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Gerald Ford gets statue in Capitol thanks to help of black grandson of a friend he helped

[Tom Brokaw tells the story of Gerald Ford's friendship for a black football player in the thirties when both played for Michigan and how this friendship led to Ford's getting a statue in the Capitol.]

Read entire article at NBC