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Kemba Smith, a former Henrico resident, hugs President Obama during a meeting March 30 in the Roosevelt Room of the White House with former federal prison inmates whose sentences have been commuted.

Kemba Smith, a former Henrico resident, hugs President Obama during a meeting March 30 in the Roosevelt Room of the White House with former federal prison inmates whose sentences have been commuted.

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Reversal of misfortune

Kemba Smith, whose prison sentence was commuted in 2000, dines with President Obama after meeting with White House aides

When U.S. Sen. Barack Obama was making his initial bid to become president of the United States, Richmond native and 1989 Hermitage High School graduate Kemba Smith was among the thousands volunteering in his ambitious history-making campaign.