the last person i'm going to introduce you to briefly is raymond alexandre. he was a black lawyer who was recruited for the second trial. he was recruited by the n.a.a.c.p. by surrogate marshall who of course leader was on the supreme court. raymond alexander for the first time after a very long trial, three months, i forgot to mention both trials took three months, 15,000 pages of testimony that i had to go through and my eyes still haven't quite recovered from this experience. but raymond alexander in 1950 was hired by the u.s. state department to travel western europe to see the the african-american soldiers are being treated fairly. he was doing this in paris when he saw front-page newspaper headlines about trenton six pictures everything to have further stories about the trend in sex. he was amazed the story would be all over europe. the civil rights conference for getting lawyers for the men's appeal also had political machines. they also literally made the trenton six case known worldwide, and in 1950, this was a very hard thing to do. raymond alexander