Inside the case that bankrupted the Klan
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Beulah Mae Donald fought for years to see justice served after her son was lynched in Mobile, Alabama in 1981. Her efforts, alongside those within her community, resulted in a multi-million dollar lawsuit against the United Klans of America. Here's a guide to the key events that led to that case.
Nineteen-year-old Michael Donald was thoughtful and responsible -- working at night and watching Perry's oldest son during the day. He'd been with Perry at another sister's home in Mobile, Alabama, when he stepped out around 11 p.m. to pick up cigarettes. As the hour grew later with no sign of him, "everybody assumed that he'd gone home to my mom," Perry says in CNN's docuseries, "The People v. The Klan." But Michael wasn't there. While out on his errand, the teenager was abducted at gunpoint by two members of the Ku Klux Klan, who viciously beat, killed and then lynched the teenager. The next morning, Michael's body was found hanging from a tree on the residential Herndon Avenue.More Related News
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