14 / PRNewswire-USNewswire / -- Ronald Joshua Youngblood , 26 , of Ypsilanti , Mich . , was sentenced today to 36 months imprisonment after pleading guilty to violating the housing rights of an African-American family by burning a cross at the family 's home , announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Grace Chung Becker , of the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice , and Stephen J. Murphy , U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan .