American Civil Rights League, which publicly opposed FBI  investigations into the mob, embarrassed others in the Cosa Nostra  by keeping a high public profile and was shot at in New Yorks  Columbus Circle (though he didnt die until several years later)  during a rally by his organization. The other is Joe Gallo, who  organized the hit on Colombo, he was known (and reviled by other  mobsters) for recruiting blacks and Hispanics to his crew and hung  out with Hollywood celebrities.