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Clip: Special | 1m 15s
Willie's brother Ralph talks about the time in 1964 when they feared Willie, on his way home from Washington D.C., got caught up in the violence of Freedom Summer in Mississippi.
Aired: 10/02/16
Video has closed captioning.
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