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.
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Photographs District attorney Chris Galanos speaking during the trial of Benjamin Franklin Cox at the county courthouse in Mobile, Alabama. Ferchaud, Jay |
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Photographs Galanos, Chris; Courtrooms; Judicial proceedings; Lawyers; Mobile (Ala.); Mobile County (Ala.) |
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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. |
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MP0057194_01MP0057194District 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.1989-05-171980-1989Ferchaud, JayMobile Press-Register147585Galanos, Chris; Courtrooms; Judicial proceedings; Lawyers; 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/127495 |
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District attorney Chris Galanos speaking during the trial of Benjamin Franklin Cox at the county courthouse in Mobile, Alabama. |
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District attorney Chris Galanos speaking during the trial of Benjamin Franklin Cox at the county courthouse in Mobile, Alabama. |
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Ferchaud, Jay |
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Ferchaud, Jay |
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