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Michael Donald (July 24, 1961 – March 21, 1981) was born in Mobile, Alabama, the son of Beulah Mae (Greggory) Donald and David Donald. He was the youngest of six children. [4] He attended local schools while growing up. In 1981, he was studying at a technical college, while working at the local newspaper, the Mobile Press Register.
Beulah Mae Donald (October 10, 1920 – September 17, 1988) was an African-American woman who successfully sued the Ku Klux Klan after her son, Michael Donald, was lynched. Early and personal life [ edit ]
Figures is the son of Michael Figures, a civil rights attorney and member of the Alabama Senate, and Vivian Davis Figures, who succeeded her husband in the Alabama Senate after his death. His father was the attorney of Beulah Mae Donald whose son was lynched by members of the United Klans of America. Donald was awarded $7 million dollars, which ...
Beulah Mae Donald is a WP:BLP1E biography; she is known only for her role in seeking justice for the lynching of Michael Donald, her son; and the article is almost entirely about that event. The two articles should therefore be merged. Sandstein 13:07, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
At trial Knowles said that he and Henry Hays killed Donald "in order to show Klan strength in Alabama". [7] In 1987, Michael Figures and the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) brought a civil case, Donald v. United Klans of America, on behalf of Donald's family against the United Klans of America for being responsible in the lynching of Donald.
SXSW: Beulah Mae Mitchell was on the first Barbie production line at Mattel before becoming one of the first Black employees at the company’s corporate offices. In a new documentary, she reveals ...
Michael Figures, Thomas' brother, and Morris Dees of the Southern Poverty Law Center represented Donald's mother, Beulah Mae Donald, in a civil suit for wrongful death against the United Klans of America (UKA). They won a $7 million judgment ($18,773,286 in current dollar terms) against the UKA in 1987, bankrupting the organization. [5]
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