State investigator Bob Eddy in his office in the Bay Haas building on Government Street in Mobile, Alabama, during the investigation into the murder of Michael Donald.

State investigator Bob Eddy in his office in the Bay Haas building on Government Street in Mobile, Alabama, during the investigation into the murder of Michael Donald.

Donald was murdered by Ku Klux Klan members on March 20, 1981, and his body was hanged from a tree on Herndon Avenue in Mobile. In 1977, Eddy had been appointed sheriff of Madison County, Alabama, by Governor George Wallace to fill the unexpired term of his Sheriff Dave Headrick, who had been dismis...

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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/127416
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
State investigator Bob Eddy in his office in the Bay Haas building on Government Street in Mobile, Alabama, during the investigation into the murder of Michael Donald.
Schaffner, John P.
fulltopic Photographs
Eddy, Bob; Law enforcement officers; Mobile (Ala.); Mobile County (Ala.)
description Donald was murdered by Ku Klux Klan members on March 20, 1981, and his body was hanged from a tree on Herndon Avenue in Mobile. In 1977, Eddy had been appointed sheriff of Madison County, Alabama, by Governor George Wallace to fill the unexpired term of his Sheriff Dave Headrick, who had been dismissed for committing a civil rights violation. Before that appointment, under the direction for Attorney General Bill Baxley, he had reopened the investigation into the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, which led to the conviction of Robert E. Chambliss.
spelling MP0040390_03MP0040390State investigator Bob Eddy in his office in the Bay Haas building on Government Street in Mobile, Alabama, during the investigation into the murder of Michael Donald.Donald was murdered by Ku Klux Klan members on March 20, 1981, and his body was hanged from a tree on Herndon Avenue in Mobile. In 1977, Eddy had been appointed sheriff of Madison County, Alabama, by Governor George Wallace to fill the unexpired term of his Sheriff Dave Headrick, who had been dismissed for committing a civil rights violation. Before that appointment, under the direction for Attorney General Bill Baxley, he had reopened the investigation into the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, which led to the conviction of Robert E. Chambliss.1983-07-131980-1989Schaffner, John P.Mobile Press-Register116885Eddy, Bob; Law enforcement officers; Mobile (Ala.); Mobile County (Ala.)Still imageNegatives (Photographs); Black-and-white negatives4000 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/127416
title State investigator Bob Eddy in his office in the Bay Haas building on Government Street in Mobile, Alabama, during the investigation into the murder of Michael Donald.
titleStr State investigator Bob Eddy in his office in the Bay Haas building on Government Street in Mobile, Alabama, during the investigation into the murder of Michael Donald.
author Schaffner, John P.
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