Date:
Thursday, June 1, 2017 - 6:00pm
Ford Motor Company Theatre
Free & Open to the PublicBased on numerous interviews and extensive archival research, The Lynching brings to life two dramatic trials, during which the Alabama Klan's motives and philosophy were exposed for the evil they represent. Morris Dees, the cofounder of the Southern Poverty Law Center, used a brutal race-based killing in 1981 to destroyed the United Klans of America.
Laurence Leamer, a New York Times bestselling author, chronicles the KKK and its activities in the last half of the 20th century, and illuminates its lingering effect on race relations in America today.