but raymond alexander in 1950 was hired by the u.s. state department to travel western europe to go to army bases and see that the african-american soldiers were being treated fairly. he was doing this in paris when he saw front-page newspaper headline about the trenton six on trial again, pictures, everything. every country he traveled in had further stories about the trenton six. um, he was amazed that this story from trenton would be all over europe. the civil rights congress besides getting lawyers for the men's appeal also had an amazing political machine. they, um, literally made the trenton six case known worldwide, and in 1950 this was a very hard thing to do. raymond alexander did not like the publicity they created because they said that blacks were treated unfairly in the united states. so raymond alexander said to the jury in his summation, folks, this is one great opportunity that you have to set at rest the malicious propaganda which has spread not through new jersey, not through america, but the whole world that america

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raymond stone back at work supporting his family after a year laid off. joshua alexander back too. >> we had major traffic jams just because there were so many people trying to get work. >> reporter: so many traffic jams they had to put in brand new traffic circles. but you won't get complaints from a town coming back to life. in fact, so many heard we'd been there, they started sending us videos. >> hi, david. >> reporter: from the town tavern to the grocery store. >> our sales are up 30%. >> reporter: to the salon. all grateful their tiny, american town took on the world and won. >> made in america! >> got to love that town. i brought my white suit back to the studio, zipper still intact. these suits are coveted because every one of them is a new job. 1,300 already. they plan to hire hundreds more. >> new jobs. symbol of victory and ingenuity. and the schools all got together to educate everybody? >> 17 altogether. >>> coming up, it's not just makeup on your face. it could be mercury, lead, formaldehy formaldehyde. can you guess how many chemicals you use on your body t