this. he told her that. >> morris dees and michael figures went after the organization rather than the individuals. and a lot of people questioned whether he was going to be successful. >> the michael donald civil case was the first time that a jury had a chance to rule on the acts of a hate group organization and its members for doing a serious horrible lynching. if we could win this case, we could wipe out all the groups. >> beulah mae donald having endured the emotional rigors of a criminal trial, knew that she wasn't done. >> my mother, she said the worst has already been done. my child is gone. i want to make them pay for what they've done to my child. >> it became a national case. >> the donald family felt others were involved and filed a civil suit against the united klan. >> the aim was to dismantle