>> backstage with sammy davis jr.he front page, that's future mayor kasim reed. >> i remember that. that's so cool meeting frank sinatra. >> as a young child, reed would help the volunteers searching atlanta's woods every saturday. >> we literally would walk through wooded areas chaperoned and we would walk for a period of time until about an hour before nightfall. >> but now a new twist in the murders. patrick baltazar, the 20th victim, would be the last child to turn up in a wooded area. a day or two later an official would tell reporters fibers and dog hairs were being collected from the victim's clothing. the next child to die would be found in a river wearing nothing but underpants. fewer clues now for larry peterson. >> we're talking maybe a dozen or dozens of fibers as opposed to hundreds or potentially a thousand fibers. >> the 13-year-old victim was found beneath this bridge over the south river in atlanta's suburbs. a driver crossing that bridge earlier in the week saw a man leaning over the railing. it turn

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sammy davis jr. move. but you know that. what else could i do when i'm laughing? there he is.s up? hi, toby. nothing. just wanted to come by and make some small talk. talk about your work. if you're enjoying it. you want me to sign your form? well i hadn't even thought about that, but well since you ask. wanna order some girl scout cookies from my daughter? girl scouts? i don't know. i think it's kind of dangerous to teach young girls self-esteem and leadership skills. i don't know. maybe the two of us should meet for an hour or two. discuss your progress. i'll take a case of do-si-dos. you really don't have to do that. oh, it's okay. i insist. yeah. i love...do-si-dos. good. plus i just milked the goats, so. oh. okay. perfect timing. yeah. [phone rings] dunder mifflin, this is pam. oh. hey, mom. no. what did dad say? what did you say to my dad? what? after you talked, he called my mom and said he was gonna look for an apartment. oh, my god. pam, i don't know. i--nothing. truly, nothing. i mean, i--i just was honest with him and i-- i'm so sorry, i--i don't know. i'll call him

believe it or not, you are not going to believe this, 7-year-old sammy davis jr. i'm not kidding.jones for president." you probably have never seen the film. it was a race-themed film in the 20th century. >> what's all this fuss and celebration about? we want rufus for the president. see, didn't i tell you you was gonna be president? ♪ >> spoiler alert on rufus' first day in office, he swears to give them free pork chops, open the chicken coops and designate watermelon private property. elan is looking at me like i'm nuts. we wanted to go back and do that history. we have elan james white who joined our table. we wanted to ask this question, what happens, how powerful is film in portraying what black life is in shaping how it is in other people to understand what black life is and what is possible? >> it's interesting because movies do a lot. that's why people love movies. it's why people argue about media portrayal of people of color. it's the first time people meet black people. they get their first policewoman person. is that what negroes do? it's important about the portrayal