third person in the bank. three black defendants got convicted of bank robbery without the jury knowing that the key eyewitness in the case, in his first interview with the fbi, said that they re only two bank robbers. after his second argument to the supreme court on that spring day in 1963, my father walked my brother and i across the street to the capital to visit our local congressman. but since the speaker of the house was busy and could not see is, one of his lieutenants and his leadership team, congressman tip neill, who represented the congressional district my mother grew up in, took us to the congressional dining room for a cup of coffee. everyone had already had lunch and we were the only people in the dining room, and my father ordered coffee and when tip o neill asked me what i wanted i said, strawberry ice cream. tip ordered the same thing. we i remember the white tablecloth, i remember the bold, i remember the spool, and the