District attorney Chris Galanos speaking during the trial of Benjamin Franklin Cox at the county courthouse in Mobile, Alabama.

Cox was convicted for the lynching of Michael Donald, who was murdered by Ku Klux Klan members on March 20, 1981, and hanged from a tree on Herndon Avenue in Mobile. Cox provided a pistol and rope that were used in the attack and hanging.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ferchaud, Jay
Format: Electronic
Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/127495