Attorneys Morris Dees and Michael Figures with their client, Beulah Mae Donald, at the Riverview Plaza in Mobile, Alabama, after winning a lawsuit against the United Klans of America.
Mrs. Donald's son, Michael, was murdered by Ku Klux Klan members on March 20, 1981, and his body was hanged from a tree on Herndon Avenue in Mobile. His two killers were arrested in 1983 and were ultimately convicted, but Mrs. Donald also filed a wrongful death suit against the Klan. She was aw...
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/121924 |