Police officers standing guard outside the courtroom of the District Court of Alabama in Mobile during the preliminary hearing about the murder of Michael Donald.

Donald had been 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 his mother also filed a wrongful death suit against the Klan. In 1987 she was awarded $7 milli...

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Main Author:	Schaffner, John P.
Format:	Electronic
Published:	Alabama Department of Archives and History
Subjects:	Photographs
Online Access:	http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/127368

format	Electronic
collection	Alabama Media Group Collection
building	Alabama Department of Archives and History
publisher	Alabama Department of Archives and History
topic	Photographs
spellingShingle	Photographs Police officers standing guard outside the courtroom of the District Court of Alabama in Mobile during the preliminary hearing about the murder of Michael Donald. Schaffner, John P.
fulltopic	Photographs Courtrooms; Judicial proceedings; Law enforcement officers; Mobile (Ala.); Mobile County (Ala.)
description	Donald had been 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 his mother also filed a wrongful death suit against the Klan. In 1987 she was awarded $7 million, a financial penalty that bankrupted the organization; in lieu of payments, Mrs. Donald was given the deed to the UKA's national headquarters in Tuscaloosa.
spelling	MP0033522_02MP0033522Police officers standing guard outside the courtroom of the District Court of Alabama in Mobile during the preliminary hearing about the murder of Michael Donald.Donald had been 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 his mother also filed a wrongful death suit against the Klan. In 1987 she was awarded $7 million, a financial penalty that bankrupted the organization; in lieu of payments, Mrs. Donald was given the deed to the UKA's national headquarters in Tuscaloosa.1981-04-161980-1989Schaffner, John P.Mobile Press-Register109329Courtrooms; Judicial proceedings; Law enforcement officers; Mobile (Ala.); Mobile County (Ala.)Still imageNegatives (Photographs); Black-and-white negatives2000 PPI TIFFAlabama Media GroupAlabama Media Group CollectionAlabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, AlabamaEnglishCopyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History. Donated by the Alabama Media Group, http://www.alabamamediagroup.comhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/127368
title	Police officers standing guard outside the courtroom of the District Court of Alabama in Mobile during the preliminary hearing about the murder of Michael Donald.
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Police officers standing guard outside the courtroom of the District Court of Alabama in Mobile during the preliminary hearing about the murder of Michael Donald.

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