Picketer protesting at the county courthouse in Mobile, Alabama, during the investigation into the murder of Michael Donald.

He is holding a sign that reads, "On the night of March 20, 1981 a cross was burned on the courthouse lawn, the same night that Michael Donald was hung." 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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wheeler, Ron
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/91001
Description
Summary:He is holding a sign that reads, "On the night of March 20, 1981 a cross was burned on the courthouse lawn, the same night that Michael Donald was hung." 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.