Charles Gamble, a 43-year-old Black man from Birmingham, died on March 4, 2011, after a night of violence at what police described as the Homefront Social and Savings Club, an illegal after-hours spot operating behind a house on 5th Place in Pratt City. In the telling that emerged weeks later, the place was crowded with drinking, dancing, and the kind of tension that can build quietly before it suddenly breaks. Gamble was reported to have gotten into a fight inside the club, left for a short tim
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