A photograph of a group of men on the roof of that prison holding a bedsheet scrawled with a message: "Pray for us." Throughline Throughline Presents: White Lies Throughline Presents: White Lies Listen · 46:41 46:41 Enlarge this image toggle caption Joe Songer/Birmingham News/Donated by Alabama Media Group/Alabama Department of Archives and History Joe Songer/Birmingham News/Donated by Alabama Media Group/Alabama Department of Archives and History It all started with a photograph. A photograph of a group of men on the roof of that prison holding a bedsheet scrawled with a message: "Pray for us."