1976 September 6, 1976: Franklin followed an interracial couple down an alley and sprayed mace at them. 1977 July 29, 1977: Beth Sholom synagogue in Chattanooga is firebombed. August 7, 1977: dressed in cowboy regalia, Franklin fatally shot a black man and a white woman, Alphonse Manning and Toni Schwenn, while