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The lynching of Michael Donald in Mobile, Alabama, on March 21, 1981, was one of the last reported lynchings in the United States, (though James Byrd, Jr., was lynched in Jasper, Texas in 1998). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Several Ku Klux Klan (KKK) members beat and killed Michael Donald, a 19-year-old African-American, and hung his body from a tree.
In 1981, two Klan members in Alabama randomly selected a 19-year-old Black man, Michael Donald, and murdered him, in order to retaliate for a jury's acquittal of a Black man who was accused of murdering a white police officer. The Klansmen were caught, prosecuted, and convicted (one of the Klansmen, Henry Hayes, was sentenced to death and ...
Figures from the business and technology sectors have paid tribute to Mike Lynch after the tech mogul’s death was confirmed on Thursday. Mr Lynch was confirmed to have died aged 59 after a ...
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 ]
Michael del Castillo. Updated August 26, 2024 at 1:07 PM. It was a sunny August morning when software entrepreneur Mike Lynch, 59, gathered 10 of his closest friends along with his wife and ...
Mike Lynch, the billionaire tech entrepreneur who died in a yacht accident that took seven lives on Aug. 19, was once a high-profile figure in the U.K. A colorful character and self-made ...
This is a list of United States ambassadors appointed by the 45th and 47th president of the United States, Donald Trump, during his 1st term in office (2017–2021). Ambassadorships are often used as a form of political patronage to reward high-profile or important supporters of the president.
Mike Lynch won an unexpected jury acquittal after a dramatic 12-year legal saga. HP accused him of cooking the books of his company Autonomy to make it seem worth billions more.