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Nationally syndicated radio host Tom Joyner, right, embraces Henry Louis Gates Jr. after his family received a posthumous pardon for his great-uncles from the South Carolina Dept. of Pardon, Parobation and Parole Wednesday Oct. 14, 2009, in Columbia, S.C. A posthumous pardon ...

Nationally syndicated radio host Tom Joyner holds up the signed pardon given to him from Samuel Glover, right, director of the South Carolina Dept. of Pardon, Probation and Parole, as Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., third from the right, smiles ...

South Carolina's Kenny Millls (31) falls short of the goal line as Kentucky's Taiedo Smith (6) stops him during the fourth quarter of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009, at Williams Brice Stadium in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Mary Ann ...

South Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier looks on from the sidelines during the fourth quarter of an NCAA college football game against South Carolina State, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009, at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain) Copyright 2009 AP ...

Mississippi's quarterback Jevan Snead (4) gets brought down by South Carolina's Ladi Ajiboye (91) late in the fourth quarter of the NCAA college football game Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009, at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain) Copyright 2009 AP ...

COLUMBIA, SC - SEPTEMBER 24: Jevan Snead #4 of the Ole Miss Rebels walks off the field against the South Carolina Gamecocks during their game at Williams-Brice Stadium on September 24, 2009 in Columbia, South Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) Copyright ...

Florida Atlantic quarterback Rusty Smith, right, looks for an open receiver during the first half of against South Carolina in an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Brett Flashnick) Copyright 2009 AP News