Two white, one negro. Beaten and shot to death. Among those indicted with a for this triple slaying were six men identified as members of the ku klux klan. None has been brought to trial. In this automobile, a reserve lieutenant was cut by a shotgun blast while writing through georgia. Riding through georgia. Arrested for the crime were four knights of the ku klux klan. Two of them were tried and acquitted. In a few short months 13 alleged , members of the ku klux klan said to be involved in these killings. When such an order of this takes over the police power, you all are completely at their mercy. And their atrocities and their violence can be visited on anybody that disagrees with them in any given situation. Narrator what started as a joke 100 years ago when a group of men donned bedsheets for a romp has over the years attracted to it persons charged with acts of harassment, intimidation, and violence throughout the south. Even though the nation has been outraged for many years, t
Members that some may find disturbing. This 45minute film earned cbs reports and producer david low, a 1965 peabody award. The driver of this car was mrs. Viola, mother of five children, 20 miles from sill ma, alabama, on route 80. A red and white sedan overtook her car. Several shots were fired. The driverless car veered off the highway and came to a stop at a cattle fence. She was dead. Arrested and charged with murder were three alleged members of the ku klux klan, one was tried. And the jury was unable to reach a verdict. This is an earth and dam, the temporary grave of three civil rights worker, two white, one negro. Beaten and shot to death. Among those indicted for the triple slaying were six men identified as members of the ku klux klan. None has been brought to trial. In this automobile, reserve Lieutenant Colonel lemuel pen was killed by a shotgun blast while riding through colbrert, georgia. Two clansman were tried and acquitted. In a few short months, five murders, 13 alleg
You can watch them every weekend on cspan2 or on the web site. Booktv. Org. Hi. Want to give you a few quick reminders. First first one is turn awe your cell phone, and tonight we have cspan here, so please when it comes time for q a, theres a microphone set up right there by the pillar so please line up at the mic to ask your questions. Finally, when were doing, please stack your chairs against any bookshelf. That will make our lives much easier so thank you. Now, more importantly, Lawrence Leamer is the author of 12 New York Times best shelling books from the kennedys to Johnny Carson to cocaine trafficking in peru. He was a magazine writer for many years wrote a play about rose kennedy. Were here tonight to talk about his most recent book the lynching the epic courtroom bat that brought down the klan and the ininvestigates the lives of three men, George Wallace you can boo kkk leader Robert Shelton and legendary civil rights lawyer and the cofounder of the southern law poverty cente
And go tram imac tran [inaudible conversations] hello, everyone. Welcome to politics prose. Thank you for coming. I am lily and before introducer author, i went to give a few quick reminders. The first is to turn off your cell phone. As i get it as you probably know we record our event in tonight we are filming. We have cspan here. When it comes time for q a, there is a microphone set up right there by the pillar. Please line up at the microphone when we are done, placed accurate shares against any bookshelves and i will make our lives much easier. Thank you. Now, more like, someone is the author of 12 New York Times bestselling books that range in subject matter from kennedy to Johnnie Carson to trafficking in peru. He was a magazine writer for many years and has one ploy by rose kennedy which is going up in chicago this era are having an off broadway last year. We are here to talk about his most recent work, the lynching the epic courtroom battle that brought down the klan, in which
Is the secret. Persistence. Brian how do you pick your books . Laurence it is a stupid thing to do. I should choose an area and keep at it, but i wanted to do something much different. Experience different lives. When you write a nonfiction book, you are thinking back in somebodys life. I want to piggyback on as many lives as i can. Brian of the 15 books, which one sold the most . Laurence the kennedy women, by a longshot. The number two New York Times bestseller. It was my agents idea. A book about a multigenerational book about women. Nobody had ever written a multigenerational book about women. So, to put women at the forefront just totally changed things. Brian what about the kennedy women do you most remember and what did the audience want to hear when you talk to them . Laurence it was a book i suggested that you do not have to be a woman to love the kennedy women. Because it was a book read by women. I mean, women of that generation women read that book and they , just loved tha