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Chair if convicted of killing a young black man, michael donald. >> the two or three times that i paid any attention to henry, he appeared to be scared to death, justifiably so, 'cause the ship was sinking. every witness i put on was another nail in his coffin. >> when tiger knowles told the story, i think everybody was just so amazed, 'cause if it hadn't been for him, we never would have known. >> testifying for the prosecution, james "tiger" nowles, pointed at his fellow ku klux klansman, henry hays, and said that together, they killed 19-year-old michael donald in march 1981 because he was ...

Would have known. >> testifying for the prosecution, james "tiger' knowles, pointed at his fellow ku klux klansman, henry hays, and said that together, they killed 19-year-old michael donald in march, 1981, because he was black. >> the klan wanted the message to get back to the black people of not just of alabama, of the whole united states, that we would not stand for a black person killing a white police officer and getting away with it, especially in alabama. we had gotten the rope, and we got the gun. and then i tied the hangman's noose in henry's car. we were out on a hunt. that's what we...

Head, but it's still happening. >> today people are horrified to have had police. it's the modern day lynching. >> what are we going to do about it? we move forward with people deciding i'm bold enough and i'm going make it change. >> beulah mae donald took on one of the most violent criminal organizations in the united states. >> this is an incredible story of courage. >> the body of a black man has been found hanging from a tree in mobile, alabama. >> living in mobile was a quiet town. it is nothing but oak trees. but after march 1981, it was kind of like creepy to me to

Out on her family never came back, he decided it was a surprise time for a surprise visit to michael lubahn. >> he invited us in, we did catch him unexpectedly, but that was the plan. >> but was mike upset or thrown off? not at all. >> very nice like i anticipated he would be because i've now heard from everyone in the family how mics a good guy. >> so, together, they went over again over the details of that last night back in march 1981. and right away, mike remembered a little more about the night carroll presented him with a real estate contract and the demand that they sell their tiny hous...

>> what were the secrets in the mist? >> reporter: january, point vicente, california. the wet, gray cold has settled in to stay. at noon a police boat sets off into the pea soup fog. a hail mary pass, apparently a slim chance to find the truth at last. but why out there? why after all these lost 30 years? maybe some cases are destined to stay cold, easier that way, before they came along with their wild ideas about murder and facebook, of all things. and now this. their doomed errand into the fog. her name was carol jean meyer. low she was carol lubahn when all this happened back in march, 19...