Teaching Tolerance
Morris Dees
Monday, 03 Feb 1997 at 8:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
Morris Dees is the founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center, a nonprofit group that specializes in lawsuits involving civil rights violations and racially motivated crimes which won a $7 million judgment against the Klan. He is the author of Gathering Storm: America'[s Militia Threat: A Season Against America's Most Dangerous Neo-Nazi. His film "A Time for Justice" won the 1995 Academy Award for Best Short Documentary.Part of the National Affairs Series.
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