In 1981, a young African-American named Michael Donald was kidnapped, beaten, and lynched by members of the United Klans of America. This program lays out the chilling facts of the case and its legal aftermath—specifically, convictions for the perpetrators, financial turmoil for the Klan, and precedents for formal hate-crime prosecution in the United States. Ted Koppel guides viewers through these developments, interviewing individuals with direct ties to the case—including Morris Dees of the Southern Poverty Law Center and Rep. Artur Davis (D-AL), both of whom worked to hold the Klan accountable. The program also explores the horrific history of lynching and its parallels in the mob mentality that assailed the civil rights movement. A Discovery Channel Production. (44 minutes)