BATON ROUGE, La., Oct. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Journalist and award-winning television host Dianne Andrews' investigative journey began at the LSU Cold Case Project through the 2008 Emmett Till Cold Case Act, inspired by a Klansman's daughter seeking forgiveness for her father's hate crimes and unsolved murders perpetrated by the Silver Dollar Group (SDG) of the Ku Klux Klan against Black people during the 1950s - 1970s.

Andrews' documentary also exposes corruption and the December 9, 1964, murder of Ferriday shoe repair shop owner Frank Morris, who was murdered by arson, being barricaded in his business because he refused to repair the shoes of Ferriday Deputy Sherrif Frank DeLaughter for free any longer.

Known as the most heinous sect with only 15 to 20 members, SDG terrorized northeast Louisiana and southwest Mississippi. For her documentary writer /producer Andrews won the Audience Choice Award for "Silver Dollar Group, Ku Klux Klan" on July 30, 2023, at the National Whistleblowers Summit and Film Festival.

"My purpose was to seek justice and support forgiveness," said Andrews. "Tremendous progress has been made in the past 50 years in racial relations with much more to be done. These victims and heroes' legacies must not be forgotten."

Andrews is working on her 6th book, has written and produced several documentaries capturing the attention of movie production companies, but says this one is the most important to date.

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