Chavis was a target for police even before the firebombing occurred, Tyson said.
Chavis, who would become the head of the NAACP in 1993, was paroled in 1979.
Most of the others involved in the case struggled after they were set free.
"Things went badly for them," Tyson said. "Many of them had their health broken in prison."
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