Morris Dees, Founder and Chief Trial Counsel of the Southern Poverty Law Center, won a case against the Ku Klux Klan in 1981. That case left the hate group in crippling financial ruin. Ever since, the KKK has failed to emerge as more than a shadow of its former self.
Ring of Fire’s own Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke with Dees about the landmark case, civil rights, and the role of the Christian Right in America hate crimes.
