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Suit against the united klan. >> the aim was to dismantle whatever financial base the group has, and to establish a precedent that can be used by other victims of klan violence. >> we filed a civil suit against a group of named klan individuals. >> bennie hays chose tiger knowles and henry hays to do this deed. got them a gun, got them a rope, to go out and find a black person to kill, just any black person. >> we also filed a civil suit against robert shelton when he was the imperial wizard of the united klans of america. my take on robert shelton was that he was very smart. you could tell by...

You, mrs. donald, because you have been good through this. i don't think i could go through this." he told her that. >> morris dees and senator michael figures went after the organization, rather than individuals. and a lot of people questioned whether he was gonna 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 of the groups. >> beulah mae donald, having endured the emotional rigors of a criminal t...

Organization to the best of my ability. >> and to get the information, was it necessary to participate in the violent acts yourself? >> some of the information, i think, yes, and some i would say no, sir. >> in connection with the freedom riders incident that you mentioned, did the birmingham police give you the time to perform the beating? >> yes, sir. we were promised 15 minutes with absolutely no intervention from any police officer, whatsoever. >> and then were they beaten? >> they were beaten very badly, yes. >> gary thomas rowe, he was able to connect the dots between the klan and the vi...