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they were beaten very badly, yes. gary thomas rowe, he was able to connect the dots between the klan and the violence of the klan during that time. so we had this man tied to a whole series of acts, and it was read to the jury. it was very, very powerful. he was behind the beating of the freedom riders. the 16th street baptist church bombing in birmingham. the killing of viola liuzzo. robert shelton, the leader, was behind it all.
well, i said, now s the chance for me to get these documents. and i took a long shot. i sent a deposition discovery document to mrs. hayes and said, bring all the documents to the federal courthouse. she appeared with all the documents, every one of them. the constitution of the united klans of america ended up to be some of the most powerful evidence that we had against the uka. and so we had to put witnesses on the stand. the perfect witness was gary thomas rowe. gary thomas rowe was an fbi informant. he was involved in some of the
your history, then you re unable to understand the moment we re in and the direction that we can continue to go in if we don t stop. lynching became a tool used by both white citizenry as well as law enforcement, to control and oppress black people. while there appeared to be progress, we had the reminders of racialized violence, of murder, of lynching, and we see it most clearly with the murder of michael donald. my uncle, thomas figures and my father, michael figures, they worked incredibly, incredibly hard to ensure that justice was served in the criminal case. they both knew that that was not going to be enough. the klan was just as much of a