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