The Church of Morris Dees - How the Southern Poverty Law Center Profits from Intolerance

Ken Silverstein has a profile of one of the greatest fundraisers America has ever produced, Morris Dees:

In 1987, Dees won a $7 million judgment against the United Klans of America on behalf of Beulah Mae Donald, whose son was lynched by two Klansmen. The UKA’s total assets amounted to a warehouse whose sale netted Mrs. Donald $51,875. According to a groundbreaking series of newspaper stories in the Montgomery Advertiser, the SPLC, meanwhile, made $9 million from fund-raising solicitations featuring the case, including one containing a photo of Michael Donald ’s corpse.

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