He toured the Texas School Book Depository building while covering the 1984 Republican National Convention in Dallas for Gannett News Service.
Clementi left a suicide note which, along with documents on his computer, was never released to either the public or to the defense team in Ravi's trial, because Clementi's suicide was not directly related to the charges against Ravi.
Armstrong is the author of Autobiography of a Freedom Rider: My Life as a Foot Soldier for Civil Rights 2011.