very unusual happened. >> dorothy kennedy testified before the jury that she looked directly into the eyes of the gunman and that she would never forget his face. and she's asked while she's on the stand, do you see the person who shot and killed albert ward in the courtroom and she says yes. >> you know what happens? you know who she points out? juror number six. the jury's there laughing. but this ain't a joke. this is my life on the line. >> it was funny, in a sense. >> 14 years later, we found juror number six. his name is ramon. >> i saw the other jurors looking at me. i realized, whoa, did she just pick me out? >> the defense then presented its case, beginning by pointing out that velazquez did not match the original description of the shooter. >> we have every eyewitness say the persons involved were male blacks. lo and behold, when they have the lineup, you have jon-adrian velazquez, who is hispanic. did you ever have dreadlocks? >> absolutely not. >> how long was your hair back then? >> shorter than yours. >> the defense introduced this photo showing velazquez with short hair

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dorothy ferebee. here is a preview. 11, 1963, president kennedy appeared on national television to ask congress to enactandmark civil rights legislation. this was not the days of the cnn where you have to fill a new cycle for 24 hours. when the president came on tv in 1963 it was important. what he said was as follows -- we are confronted primarily with as the issue, as old scriptures and as clear as the american constitution. it is an american, because his skin is start, cannot eat lunch in a restaurant open to the public, if you cannot send his children to the best schools available, if he cannot vote for the public officials who represent him, then who among us would be content to have the color of his skin changed. who among us would be content with councils and delay. , the subjecterebee of my biography and the topic of my talk this evening, was an african-american woman born in 1898 in norfolk, virginia. she died in washington, d.c. in 1980. during our lifetime, -- during her lifetime she suffered indignities described by president kennedy appeared but she was never content with councils of patien