mrs. douglass.rly november, three weeks after the murders, ache, hatch, and ginger caught a bus as far as their remaining funds would take them. that was lumberton, texas. >> ache, hatch, and virginia keefe arrived there. they office a continental trailway bus. >> willie payne was sheriff then. >> nay got the bus to stop -- they got the bus to stop in front of the house. they broke into the house, the two men did. virginia stayed out in the woods. and they was going to wait until somebody come home. >> and when the homeowner returned, a friend along with him, ache and hatch were waiting with a sawed off shotgun. sheriff payne later found signs of a struggle, but otherwise the crime scene was a carbon copy of the douglass murders. >> they had been tied with the ropes, their feet and hands were bound behind their back. they had hoods over their head and both of them had been shot execution style. >> payne didn't know then about the douglass case, didn't connect the two right away, but he did have some

mr. fredrick douglass iii from selma, alabama. after more than 50 years in the floral business, mr. fred d. williams iii retired on june 30, 2011. a fixture in the selma community for more than five decades, fred williams provided his floral expertise for countless weddings, graduations, funerals and other special occasions. in the seventh district of alabama and throughout the southeast. fred's flower and gift shop opened on october 15, 1956, and served as a vital part of the selma community. he comes from a family of entrepreneurs and public servants. his parents were pillars in the city of selma and served as role models for the entire community. his mother, ms. mary ellen williams, was a beloved educator, and his father, fred d. williams jr., was a wise and generous business owner. his father owned j.h. williams and sons funeral home, established in 1905, and still in operation today in selma, alabama. the williams family were pioneers in a time when african-american businesses were few or nonexistent. the opening of fred's flower and gift shop was an extension of his family leg

i love frederick douglass, but i'm sure that if somebody else, it's mrs. douglas are writing the story -- and just pain. as african american people, we are very protective of our heroes, very protective of them. sometimes it is to the exclusion of wanting to accept them as men and women. here's the danger and that's why i like this book. too much of precisely what melissa said his true, you know, about malcolm becoming a talisman, what we do what we mythologize figures like malcolm x and martin luther king is the scare of people from thinking that they can be leaders. they make it look like it a magical, mystical tours do you have to be born into it and then you have to be in prison and to anoint you. we make it all sound like magic. and it's not magic. these are men and women and they are human beings. and everyone has the potential to be a great leader. and so i always feel that when we begin to get these tax that help us humanize, you know, i like the boring parts of the book. i like just the day to day going down to mosque number seven, having this con