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Portland’s Jimmy “ Bang Bang” Walker
Former boxer turns journalist during civil rights struggle
Jimmy Walker with former Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey.
Jimmy Walker with Coretta Scott King.
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Walker talks with Tom McCall (left), a news reporter with KGW-TV before his
election as Oregon governor.
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