Two weeks later he suffered another relapse. This time, the aggressive Philadelphia chromosome had shown up in his diagnosis, and he traveled to Minneapolis for experimental treatment. In addition to his parents and brother, Todd, Brian leaves behind his brother, Taiten. Complete obituary information can be found here . The Spokesman-Review Jesse Tinsley Man who sues racists to speak at SU A civil rights activist who successfully sued the Ku Klux Klan in 1981 will speak at Shippensburg University Sept. 26, three days after a Klan rally is planned in Carlisle.
Officials say the two events falling so closely together is pure coincidence.
Morris Dees, the keynote speaker for the university's Human Understanding Day, will speak in Memorial Auditorium at 8 p.m. He will also participate in a free workshop at 2 p.m. in Old Main Chapel. The lawyer began helping minorities in court during the Civil Rights movement, says a university news release. In 1981, he sued the KKK for inciting violence resulting in a lynching and won an unprecedented judgment against the white supremacist group. Nine years later, he successfully sued skinheads for murder. Recently, Dees represented a Native American security guard, Victoria Keenan, and her son, Jason, who were assaulted by Aryan Nation security guards in 1998.