morris dees grew up in alabama. his uncles were bible carrying ku klux klan members. >> i try not to follow classes. i really believe in fairness and justice. >> reporter: last fall dees won a verdict against a klan member for the killing of an ethiopian man. that case and others where are portrayed in a tv movie called "line of fire." these things have placed dees on a hit list. >> a young member of its organization mark sums is getting a prison sentence down in fall brook for a plan that would involve causing physical harm and the fbi caught him. he was convicted. it was fbi who helped find the people who burned and kill the residents. i think it's -- i'm blessed to know that they are out there doing it. >> reporter: here in the bay area there has been a rash of incidents. dees says the neo natzis and skin heads are growing in the bayarea. >> along comes a mexican saying, their problems are not their problems. you have to stop them. you have to hurt them. you have to keep them down to keep you up. nobody ever got u