(JAI: Yeah. Yeah. I know that they in bed with the Democratic Party. Does not detract from their heroism over the years. This is a case of a lynching in the 1980's in my hometown, Mobile, AL. I urge all to support their efforts.
(Coincidentally there came over today from CBS a notice that Anderson Cooper did a segment on 60 minutes last night about the <https://www.cbsnews.com/video/slave-ship-alabama-60-minutes-2021-06-13/>"Clotilda", the last slave ship importation into the US <https://www.cbsnews.com/video/slave-ship-alabama-60-minutes-2021-06-13/> that landed, discharged its cargo (slaves) and then was deliberately sunk just outside of Mobile.) JAI ------ Forwarded message --------- From: Southern Poverty Law Center <[email protected]> Date: Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 2:13 PM Subject: Remembering the case that broke the Klan To: <[email protected]> <https://support.splcenter.org/site/R?i=o6uyNAUaVyNbwY5CkCL0XQ> Friend, Thirty-seven years ago today, we filed one of the most important cases in our 50-year history: a civil suit on behalf of Beulah Mae Donald, the mother of a 19-year-old lynching victim named Michael. *Donald v. United Klans of America <https://support.splcenter.org/site/R?i=aKgZ1cSwnHhzDuK96XbRyQ>* resulted in a historic $7 million verdict against the hate group responsible for Michael’s murder, bankrupting and destroying the notorious United Klans after decades of racist violence and terrorism. Michael Donald was selected at random in Mobile, Alabama, by two members of the United Klans of America. The Klansmen were angry that an interracial jury in Birmingham had failed to convict a Black man for killing a white police officer. Michael’s lynching – his body was found hanging from a tree on a residential Mobile street – was intended as a threat to the Black community. On the same evening as Michael’s murder, other Klan members burned a cross on the Mobile County courthouse lawn. The two individuals directly responsible for Michael’s killing were eventually arrested and convicted. But the United Klans of America group faced no legal consequences – until we sued. We argued that the Klan itself should be held responsible for the violence incited by their hateful ideology. This, after all, was the same group that had beaten the Freedom Riders in 1961, murdered civil rights activist Viola Liuzzo in 1965 and bombed Birmingham’s 16th Street Baptist Church in 1963. The $7 million verdict shut down the United Klans for good. The group was forced to turn over its headquarters to Beulah Mae Donald. Two additional Klansmen were convicted of criminal charges. To learn more about *Donald v. United Klans of America*, click here <https://support.splcenter.org/site/R?i=_r5zP09AB4ydW9i0lrbkbA>. (You can also explore our archive of other landmark cases here <https://support.splcenter.org/site/R?i=EPomRKbLNOzfug11oE95ow>.) In solidarity, Your friends at the Southern Poverty Law Center ------------------------------ *DONATE* <https://support.splcenter.org/site/R?i=E3rRitb4It9dUQbV1wRWJg> ------------------------------ [image: Facebook Icon] <https://support.splcenter.org/site/R?i=xkPYsk9eu5GhadnqNBn7Zw> [image: Twitter Icon] <https://support.splcenter.org/site/R?i=DufpK3xzhz-zvXtAP19_aw> [image: Instagram Icon] <https://support.splcenter.org/site/R?i=ON7CzX81YoK3gW_B3j2ucw> Unsubscribe <http://support.splcenter.org/site/CO?i=4pVESYLYCQd1MM2ayjbJiF7igV3By2k9&cid=0> | Privacy Policy <https://support.splcenter.org/site/R?i=jk7tkabhF3m3airYK-IYNg> | Contact Us <https://support.splcenter.org/site/R?i=1r9fIObqwzrVr6drB1MYcw> Was this message forwarded to you? Sign up to receive *SPLC updates.* <https://support.splcenter.org/site/R?i=mdCdBnr64uUcK-T_3rThbA> Pick up SPLC merchandise from the *SPLC store.* <https://support.splcenter.org/site/R?i=MFjpAb5g6UShFTQ4uOQVQA> Make a recurring donation to the SPLC and become a *Friend of the Center.* <https://support.splcenter.org/site/R?i=YbbgstRNkXHD6EE0_xXFKw> Make a donation in someone else's honor and send them an *eCard.* <https://support.splcenter.org/site/R?i=wvOyGySZDRgsmwL1Qe1kQw> Make a planned gift to the SPLC and become a *Partner for the Future.* <https://support.splcenter.org/site/R?i=kHHJvmB4ZgEU8742DHXdjQ> Take advantage of corporate matching gift opportunities and find out if your employer will *match your donation to the SPLC.* <https://support.splcenter.org/site/R?i=GE1r0Z3Rjl6owexkI4T8jg> Southern Poverty Law Center 400 Washington Avenue Montgomery, AL 36104 334.956.8200 // splcenter.org <https://support.splcenter.org/site/R?i=J-GAvdQwN5mxieMkjlDq7A> Copyright 2021 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#9194): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/9194 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/83549156/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
