we met up with herschell smith a county a former judge from here called the most racist in the entire state. >>. >> would you say in this town is more racist than any other town? >> the reason why they have gotten so much attention and all the areas are - have a lot of racism in it. it lives in the shadow of past. out of 254 counties, two countries had more lynchings between 1877 and 1950. >> according to the equal justice initiatives lynching report 15 african-americans were lynched in waller county during that time period. segregation, showed up in cemeteries. >> we drove by the cemeteries. what's the history. blacks could not be buried. whites could not be buried. blacks could not be buried in a jewish cemetery that was the way it was, you know. >> it wasn't too long ago that circle smith said his cousin was killed for dating outside his race. >> any time black kids when i grew up, dating white girls, it was a problem. it was a huge problem. and a cousin coming out of the house, the window, got shot and kill. he was left dead. and found dead. >> because he was dating - because he w