Zolton Ferency was an American

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, political activist and professor of criminal justice.

Unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Governor of Michigan 1966, defeated by George W. Romney

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First President of the Human Rights Party.
Professor of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University

Michigan State University

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Zolton Ferency house in the Michigan State University Student Housing Cooperative is named for him.

Sources

• http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fentress-fergus.html
• http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,842934,00.html
• http://www.cj.msu.edu/%7Ehistory/sleuths.html
• http://www.urbanoptions.org/resources/sundial/sun04fall.pdf
• http://msu.coop/zolton-ferency

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