- Collection:
- Alabama Media Group Collection
- Title:
- Attorneys Morris Dees and Michael Figures with their client, Beulah Mae Donald, at the Riverview Plaza in Mobile, Alabama, after winning a lawsuit against the United Klans of America.
- Creator:
- Hattler, Mary
- Publisher:
- Montgomery, Ala. : Alabama. Department of Archives and History
- Date of Original:
- 1987-02-12
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Lawyers
Mobile (Ala.)
Mobile County (Ala.) - People:
- Dees, Morris
Donald, Beulah Mae, 1921-1988
Figures, Michael A., 1947-1996 - Location:
- United States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026
- Medium:
- negatives (photographs)
black-and-white negatives - Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Mrs. Donald's son, Michael, was 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 Mrs. Donald also filed a wrongful death suit against the Klan. 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.
- Metadata URL:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/121924
- IIIF manifest:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/iiif/2/amg:121924/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History. Donated by the Alabama Media Group, http://www.alabamamediagroup.com
- Original Collection:
- Mobile Press-Register
Alabama Media Group
Alabama Media Group Collection - Contributing Institution:
- Alabama. Department of Archives and History
- Rights:
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