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Lawyer Morris Dees Holds Hate Groups Responsible for Individual Crimes

Dees co-founded the Southern Poverty Law Center and has been involved in civil rights cases for years. In 1988 he made legal history when he fashioned a seven million dollar verdict against the Klu Klux Klan that effectively bankrupted the group. He has a new memoir out, called "A Season for Justice: The Life & Times of Civil Rights Lawyer Morris Dees."

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, May 21, 1991: Interview with Morris Dees; Interview with Phil Wheeler and Jonathan Tasini; Review of Henry Kissinger's appearance on the television shows "CBS This Morning…

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