>> when a black woman has the temerity to take on any white assailant, any white person who deigns to take the life of a black person, particularly in the deep south -- beulah mae donald's life, the life of her family, her community is at risk. she had every reason to be afraid. there was an empirical, historical basis for absolute terror. >> gosh, when the community would just come and sit in front of my mom's door. so i think they call this protecting the house and protecting her. because the klan was still around in mobile. >> i thought one of the best ways to really catch up on exactly what had happened that night, i had the chief investigator, bob eddy, and we got with the fbi and we got tiger knowles.