INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY PREMIERES NEW SERIES HATE IN AMERICA, EXAMINING THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER’S MOST RIVETING CASES, AS ORGANIZATION RELEASES 2015 INTELLIGENCE REPORT
Investigation
Discovery (ID) and Emmy Award-winning journalist Tony Harris are
teaming up once again with premiere civil rights advocacy organization,
the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), to produce HATE IN AMERICA,
a new documentary strand that showcases the SPLC’s efforts to combat
bigotry and hate groups in the United States. The mission of the SPLC
and its legendary founder, Morris Dees, are to combat the hate,
intolerance and discrimination perpetuated by these groups through
education, litigation and advocacy. According to the SPLC’s 2015 Intelligence Report released
yesterday, the number of extremist groups operating domestically grew
by 14% from 2014, and the SPLC catalogued an astounding 892 hate groups
in the US, including neo-Nazis, white nationalists, black separatists,
Klansmen and other groups that target the LGBT community. Produced by
NBC News’ award-winning production arm Peacock Productions, the
documentary series HATE IN AMERICA kicks off with its first premiere on Monday, February 29 at 8/7c, showcasing the SPLC’s remarkable strides to fight organized hate over the past four decades.
In the first episode of HATE IN AMERICA, titled The Klan on Trial,
Harris explores some of the SPLC’s most riveting court cases, starting
with the Michael Donald case – a heinous lynching of a young man in the
early 1980s that prompted SPLC founder Morris Dees to sue the United
Klans of America (UKA) on behalf of the victim’s mother. In this
landmark court decision, the UKA’s violent leadership was held
responsible for the unspeakably violent and racist acts of its members,
helping to turn the tide against organized hate in our country. Harris
also digs deep into the deeds of notorious white supremacist murderer
Glenn Miller, who most recently made national headlines when he went on a
shooting spree at a Kansas Jewish Community Center in April 2014.
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